Definition of mirror

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Mirror (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

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Reverberation :: Reverberation (n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace..
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology..
Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..
Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure..
Specular :: Specular (a.) Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface..
Altiscope :: Altiscope (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.
Focus :: Focus (n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror..
Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Homelyn :: Homelyn (n.) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray..
Venus :: Venus (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus..
Silver :: Silver (v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury..
Pachometer :: Pachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter..
Heliostat :: Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope..
Mirrored :: Mirrored (imp. & p. p.) of Mirro.
Helioscope :: Helioscope (n.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light..
Claude Lorraine Glass :: Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape..
Shower :: Shower (n.) That which shows; a mirror.
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror..
Infilm :: Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror..
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