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mirror finish

British

noun

a smooth highly polished surface produced on metal by mechanical or electrolytic polishing or lapping

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The mold is hand polished to a mirror finish, giving the bumper its lustre.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

Its screen is slightly domed glass; its barrel has a mirror finish that reflects your wall.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2011

Sight down the hull or the house, and a mirror finish shows how much time was spent getting each mold perfect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crew members lather that beautiful plane with Glass Wax before a trip, polish it to a mirror finish with compressed-air buffers and add tire black to the ten wheels.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cylinder is annealed, rough machined, then the inner cylinder wall and valve seats ground to mirror finish.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

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