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What (who) is mirror writing - definition

TEXT WRITTEN IN THE OPPOSITE TO USUAL DIRECTION

Mirror script; Mirror handwriting; Mirror-script; Mirror-writing; Mirror language; Specular writing; Symetric writing; Symmetric writing

mirror writing

¦ noun reversed writing resembling ordinary writing reflected in a mirror.

Mirror writing

Mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when it is reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing

mirror site

REPLICA OF A WEBSITE WITH A DIFFERENT URL

Mirror site (2004); Web mirror; Mirror sites; Website mirror; Website mirroring; Mirror website; Mirror (website); Partial mirror

<networking> An archive site or website which keeps a copy of some or all files at another site so as to make them more quickly available and to reduce the load on the source site. It is generally best to use the mirror that is physically closest to you as this will usually give the fastest download. Such mirroring is usually done for specific whole directories or files on a specific remote server as opposed to a cache or proxy server which keeps copies of everything that is requested via it. For example, src.doc.ic.ac.uk is the main UK mirror for the GNU archive at gnu.org. (2006-10-16)

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Mirror writing

Mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when it is reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher. A common modern usage of mirror writing can be found on the front of ambulances, where the word "AMBULANCE" is often written in very large mirrored text, so that drivers see the word the right way around in their rear-view mirror.

Some people are able to produce handwritten mirrored text. Notably, Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his personal notes in this way. Mirror writing calligraphy was popular in the Ottoman Empire, where it often carried mystical associations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror writing

Examples of use of mirror writing

1. You can try mirror writing on your own and send a secret message to a friend with our recipe for invisible ink on page 18.

2. He filled more than a hundred of them with his mysterious "mirror writing." It‘s the kind of right–to–left handwriting that you hold up to a mirror to read.

3. V&A‘s autumn exhibition includes some documents never displayed in public before Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent Thursday April 13, 2006 The Guardian They are about 8cm (3in) tall – roughly the same dimensions as a modern pocketbook – and crammed with drawings, diagrams, sketches and jottings in his trademark mirror writing, all evidence of a staggering mental athleticism.

4. Categories such as Play, where exercises include trying your hand at mirror writing, piloting a pair of flying machines, and assembling a monster from a selection of available parts. (Of course, every game has its educational value as well – with the "Make a monster" feature, for example, explaining da Vinci‘s own methods in using components of living creatures to create his mythological beasts.) Discover adds scientific analysis to the mix, employing such tools as infrared and ultraviolet photography to allow users to look beneath the oil–painted surface of the "Madonna of the Yarnwinder." Browse divides the online collection into sets of Paintings, Manuscripts, Inventions, and Drawings.