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What (who) is reflected image - definition

(IN A PLANE MIRROR) REFLECTED DUPLICATION OF AN OBJECT THAT APPEARS ALMOST IDENTICAL, BUT IS REVERSED IN THE DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE MIRROR SURFACE
Mirror images; Mirror Image; Mirror reflection; Mirror plane of symmetry
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mirror image         
¦ noun an identical image, but with the structure reversed, as in a mirror.
mirror image         
also mirror-image (mirror images)
If something is a mirror image of something else, it is like a reflection of it, either because it is exactly the same or because it is the same but reversed.
I saw in him a mirror image of my younger self...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
Mirror image         
A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect it results from reflection off from substances such as a mirror or water.

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Mirror image

A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect it results from reflection off from substances such as a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can be used as a conceptualization process for 3-D structures.

Examples of use of reflected image
1. The three Bronx Zoo elephants did not display any social behavior in front of the mirror, suggesting that each recognized the reflected image as itself and not another elephant.
2. And here is Gustavo Santaolalla, the Argentine ambassador of an expansive Latin musica freed of stereotype, just nominated for an Oscar for his score for "Brokeback Mountain." In "Ayre," his "Luna" is a watery pool of reflected image, like his lyrics and music for "Sueltate las cintas" ("Untie your ribbons) a guitar–massaged moment of calm amid pounding passions.