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Ophthalmoscope :: Ophthalmoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens..

Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure..

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..

Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..

Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..

Dull :: Dull (superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror..

Mirror :: Mirror (n.) See Speculum.

Tracheoscopy :: Tracheoscopy (n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Mirror :: Mirror (n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar..

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..

Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror..

Catoptron :: Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.

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..

Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..

Looking-glass :: Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver..

Lieberkuhn :: Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector..

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..

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..

Mirroring :: Mirroring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mirro.

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