mirror
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mirror/ˈmɪrə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a surface, typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, which reflects a clear image.
- 2 something regarded as accurately representing something else.
- 3 (also mirror site) Computing a site on a network which stores the contents copied from another site.
- 1 show a reflection of.
- 2 correspond to.
- 3 Computing copy the contents of (a network site) and store at another site.
■ store copies of data in (two or more hard disks).
– derivatives
mirrored adjective.
mirrored adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. mirour, based on L. mirare ‘look at’.
'mirror' also found in these Oxford entries:
aberration
- achiral
- anamorphosis
- camera obscura
- Cassegrain telescope
- catoptric
- cheval glass
- chiral
- compact
- diastereoisomer
- dissymmetry
- dressing table
- duchesse
- either
- enantiomer
- enantiomorph
- focal length
- focal plane
- focus
- glass
- Gregorian telescope
- heliogram
- heliograph
- heliostat
- image
- looking glass
- mirror carp
- mirror finish
- mirror image
- mirror symmetry
- mirror writing
- neither
- Newtonian
- optical isomer
- overhead projector
- pier glass
- rear-view mirror
- reflect
- reflecting telescope
- reflex camera
- silver
- specular
- speculum
- spherical aberration
- spiegeleisen
- toilet set
- two-way mirror
- vanity case
- vanity mirror
