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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One version of the molecule helped treat morning sickness in pregnant women, while its mirror image caused serious birth defects.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
“We’re seeing somewhat of a mirror image of what we saw last year, to a certain extent,” Lefkowitz told MarketWatch in an interview.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
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 • Feb. 5, 2026
If anything, he turned Sunday’s match into a mirror image of the Wimbledon final where Sinner had been the one in command all afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025
Logically speaking, a sentence with a naysaying word like not, no, neither, nor, or never is just the mirror image of an affirmative sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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