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mirror image
noun
1
a
: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane
b
: the direct opposite
2
Synonyms
Examples of mirror image in a Sentence
The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
Recent Examples on the Web
Several of the 50,000 galaxies in Euclid’s photograph are impacted by the invisible substance, which can also create mirror images of a single object.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
After all, the dapple of sunlit pool water reflected on the underside of a patio umbrella on a 75-degree day in June is just the mirror image of a grimy, chilly May fog crystallized on the palm trees lining cracked asphalt streets.
—Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The impacts of El Niño and La Niña are almost a mirror image in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
The fact that her narrative mirror image, Peter — who ends up becoming a freak in a local circus — turns out to be the only unequivocally noble soul here is a pleasing if somewhat on-the-nose bit of storytelling balance.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
mirror image
noun
: something that has its parts joined together in much the same way as those of something else except that each part of one thing is directly opposite to the corresponding part of the other thing and located on the opposite side of, the same distance away from, and facing in the same way toward or away from an axis or plane between the two things
the two sides of an animal with bilateral symmetry are mirror images of each other
Medical Definition
mirror image
noun
: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane
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