mirror image

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Examples: mirror image in a Sentence

Definition of mirror image

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 : image 3

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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 of mirror image from the Web

The wounds were a mirror image to those suffered by Tom Hunter and Shirlee Sherman in 2008.

— CBS News, "Was revenge the motive behind Omaha stabbing deaths?," 2 June 2018
With camera shutters clicking and reporters shouting questions, the scene was a mirror image of the red carpets where Weinstein presided for decades as a movie mogul and king of Hollywood.

— author: benjamin mueller, alan feuer, Anchorage Daily News, "Charged with rape, Weinstein posts $1 million bail and surrenders passport," 25 May 2018
And notice that his conspiracy theory is but the mirror image of the conspiracy theory that his political, institutional, and media enemies have been prosecuting against him since Election Day 2016.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "The Gangster Morality of Anti-Anti-Trumpism," 30 May 2018
With cameras clicking and reporters shouting questions, the scene was a mirror image of the red carpets where Weinstein presided for decades as a movie mogul and king of Hollywood.

— benjamin mueller, BostonGlobe.com, "Charged with rape, Weinstein posts $1 million bail and surrenders passport," 25 May 2018
The new home will be a mirror image of the first — a design that will take better advantage of the lot.

— michelle beaver, azcentral, "Scottsdale homeowners love their Desert Mountain house so much, they're building it again," 10 May 2018
That one featured two sundogs, like mirror images of the sun, which are known as parhelia in addition to two halos, one at 22 degrees, which is what the Central Florida one featured, but also a rarer 46 degree halo.

— richard tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Why is there a ring around the sun?," 11 May 2018
Among white Catholics, Trump faces a cavernous gender gap: While three-fifths of the men view him favorably, a mirror image near three-fifths of the women are unfavorable to him.

— ronald brownstein, CNN, "Is the GOP at risk of losing Catholics?," 1 May 2018
Dressed in rich, bright colors against the backdrop of a white brick wall, the dancers begin in pairs on the floor, moving in and out of mirror images, leveraging each other’s weight.

— New York Times, "Review: Come on Over to Douglas Dunn’s Place, Where the Dancing’s Still Fine," 24 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of mirror image

1885

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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mirror image Synonyms

MIRROR IMAGE Defined for English Language Learners

mirror image

noun

Definition of mirror image for English Language Learners

: something that looks like something else but with its left and right sides reversed
: someone who looks like someone else

Medical Dictionary

mirror image

noun

medical Definition of mirror image

: 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