Look up: mirror

1. mirror
   Highly reflective surface or field of a coin; usually mirror field with frosted relief.
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2. Mirror
   Some FTP sites are so heavily used that in order to relieve the load, their entire contents are copied to and made available by other sites. These are then known as 'mirror sites'
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3. mirror
   [n] - a faithful depiction or reflection 2. [n] - polished surface that forms images by reflecting light 3. [v] - reflect as if in a mirror
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4. Mirror
   An exact replica of a main site provided to users to improve accessibility.
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5. Mirror
   Generally speaking, 'to mirror' is to maintain an exact copy of something. The most common use of the term on the Internet refers to 'mirror sites' which are Web FTP sites that maintain exact copies of material originated at another location, usually in order to provide more widespread access to the...
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6. Mirror
   To reflect the view in a vertical mirror (i.e. reversing the direction of the Horizontal (X) coordinate). See Flip.
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7. Mirror
   A number of bronze mirrors have been found across Britain all decorated on the backs.
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8. Mirror
   British tabloid newspaper established in 1903. Politically, it is an independent national newspaper, broadly supporting the Labour party. Owned by the Mirror Group, it had a circulation of over 2...
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9. mirror
   a regular smooth surface having a high reflectivity Category: Physics • a reflecting surface used as a component in an aerial Category: News-systems and communications • reflex camera. Type of a camera incorporating a ground glass screen on top of the body which receives an image via a 45 degrees --. Category: General
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10. Mirror
    Mir'ror noun [ Middle English mirour , French miroir , Old French also mireor , from (assumed) Late Latin miratorium , from mirare to look at, Latin mirari to wonder. See Marvel , and confer Miracle...
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11. Mirror
    Mir'ror transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mirrored ; present participle & verbal noun Mirroring .] To reflect, as in a mirror.
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12. mirror
    1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. 'And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often viewed fair.' (Spenser) ... 2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; h...
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13. mirror
    noun polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
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14. mirror
    noun a faithful depiction or reflection; `the best mirror is an old friend`
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15. Mirror
    • (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. • (n.) See Speculum. • (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror. • (n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
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16. mirror
    (from the article `industrial glass`) ...be examined visually or with a (generally) low-power stereo microscope. Starting from its point of origin, the fracture front travels slowly, ...
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17. mirror
    (from the article `education`) Between the 5th and 8th centuries the principles of education of the laity likewise evolved. The treatises on education, later called the `mirrors,` ... The clergy who dominated society thought it necessary to give laymen some directives about life comparable to those offered in monastic rules an...
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18. Mirror
    (from the article `Eudoxus of Cnidus`) In two works, Phaenomena and Mirror, Eudoxus described constellations schematically, the phases of fixed stars (the dates when they are visible), and ...
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19. mirror
    any polished surface that diverts a ray of light according to the law of reflection.[29 related articles]
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20. mirror
    mirror, mirrors 1. A reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing. 2. A surface set into a frame, attached to a handle, etc., for use in viewing oneself or as an ornament. 3. Any reflecting surface; such as, the surface of cal...
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21. Mirror
    Generally speaking, 'to mirror' is to maintain an exact copy of something. Probably the most common use of the term on the Internet refers to 'mirror sites' which are web sites, or FTP sites that maintain copies of material originated at another location, usually in order to provide more widespread ...
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22. mirror
    mirror, in optics, a reflecting surface that forms an image of an object when light rays coming from that object fall upon it (see reflection). Usually mirrors are made of plate glass, one side of which is coated with metal or some special preparation to serve as a reflecting surface. The junction o...
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23. Mirror
    A mirror is a smooth surface capable of regularly reflecting a great proportion of the rays of light that fall upon it. The mirrors used by the ancients, and more especially by the Etruscans, were made of thin polished bronze, either set in a case or fitted with a handle. Small metal mirrors were al...
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24. mirror
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mir′ŏr Definitions: 1. A polished surface reflecting the rays of light reflected from objects in front of it.
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25. mirror
    Any polished surface that reflects light; often made from `silvered` glass (in practice, a mercury-alloy coating of glass). A plane (flat) mirror produces a same-size, erect `virtual` image located behind the mirror at the same distance from it as the object is in fron...
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