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
2
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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In the show, the upside down is a mirror image to the physical world, existing in a dimension below the Earth.
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Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
Auto critic Mark Phelan put the finishing touches on his picks for the annual Car, Truck and Utility vehicle of the year, while autos team newbie Liam Rappleye waxed poetic about a custom Chrysler mash-up of minivans whose frontend and backend are mirror images.
—Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Katzarkov’s idea was to access the four-fold’s Hodge structure indirectly — by counting how many curves of a particular type lived on its mirror image.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
The rehearsal room is one in a complex of many, the complex itself a mirror image of the competing one across the street.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
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Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
Auto critic Mark Phelan put the finishing touches on his picks for the annual Car, Truck and Utility vehicle of the year, while autos team newbie Liam Rappleye waxed poetic about a custom Chrysler mash-up of minivans whose frontend and backend are mirror images.
—Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Katzarkov’s idea was to access the four-fold’s Hodge structure indirectly — by counting how many curves of a particular type lived on its mirror image.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
The rehearsal room is one in a complex of many, the complex itself a mirror image of the competing one across the street.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mirror image
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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