mirror image
noun
1
a
: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane
b
: the direct opposite
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Examples of mirror image in a Sentence
The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
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Several of the 50,000 galaxies in Euclid’s photograph are impacted by the invisible substance, which can also create mirror images of a single object.
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
After all, the dapple of sunlit pool water reflected on the underside of a patio umbrella on a 75-degree day in June is just the mirror image of a grimy, chilly May fog crystallized on the palm trees lining cracked asphalt streets.
—Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
After all, the dapple of sunlit pool water reflected on the underside of a patio umbrella on a 75-degree day in June is just the mirror image of a grimy, chilly May fog crystallized on the palm trees lining cracked asphalt streets.
—Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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