mirror image
Americannoun
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an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
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an object having a spatial arrangement that corresponds to that of another object except that the right-to-left sense on one object corresponds to the left-to-right sense on the other.
noun
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an image as observed in a mirror
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an object that corresponds to another object in the same way as it would correspond to its image in a mirror
Etymology
Origin of mirror image
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Chirality refers to objects that cannot be superimposed on their mirror images, like left and right hands.
From Science Daily
The two forms are mirror images of one another, similar to the difference between a person's left and right hands.
From Science Daily
Amino acids exist in two mirror image forms, similar to left and right hands.
From Science Daily
The risk is a pile-on that would be the mirror image of Bitcoin ETFs’ role in last year’s Bitcoin rally, when the surge of inflows to the new funds helped drive the crypto higher.
From Barron's
They were looking for some persuasive mirror image of themselves.
From Literature
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