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
There's also some misunderstanding about what bull markets are all about, along with bear markets, their mirror images.
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Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
Her real-life smile improves on the awful, cartoony The Princess and the Frog (2009): That was Disney’s first black-exploitation cartoon, made on the presumption that viewers need mirror images of themselves — even cartoon images with ersatz musical stylings.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
Keep in mind the final result will be a mirror image.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Her second goal came in the 50th and was a mirror image of the first.
—Steve McMorran, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
In three new papers, researchers suggest magnetic minerals common on early Earth could have caused key biomolecules to accumulate on their surface in just one mirror image form, setting off a positive feedback that continued to favor the same form.
—Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 13 June 2023
Jung’s work differed greatly from Freud’s and focused on the human love of archetypes and their influence on the subconscious, including mirrors and mirror images.
—Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 27 May 2023
Now a new measurement of the Hubble constant, made by observing a mirror image of a distant exploding star, or supernova, is complicating matters further.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
Lake Clifton boys basketball ran into its mirror image at the 25th annual Baltimore City Public Schools Basketball Academy, only Oxon Hill was a bit sharper Saturday.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2023
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Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
Her real-life smile improves on the awful, cartoony The Princess and the Frog (2009): That was Disney’s first black-exploitation cartoon, made on the presumption that viewers need mirror images of themselves — even cartoon images with ersatz musical stylings.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
Keep in mind the final result will be a mirror image.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Her second goal came in the 50th and was a mirror image of the first.
—Steve McMorran, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
In three new papers, researchers suggest magnetic minerals common on early Earth could have caused key biomolecules to accumulate on their surface in just one mirror image form, setting off a positive feedback that continued to favor the same form.
—Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 13 June 2023
Jung’s work differed greatly from Freud’s and focused on the human love of archetypes and their influence on the subconscious, including mirrors and mirror images.
—Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 27 May 2023
Now a new measurement of the Hubble constant, made by observing a mirror image of a distant exploding star, or supernova, is complicating matters further.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
Lake Clifton boys basketball ran into its mirror image at the 25th annual Baltimore City Public Schools Basketball Academy, only Oxon Hill was a bit sharper Saturday.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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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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