mirror image
Americannoun
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an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
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an object having a spatial arrangement that corresponds to that of another object except that the right-to-left sense on one object corresponds to the left-to-right sense on the other.
noun
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an image as observed in a mirror
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an object that corresponds to another object in the same way as it would correspond to its image in a mirror
Etymology
Origin of mirror image
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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“We’re seeing somewhat of a mirror image of what we saw last year, to a certain extent,” Lefkowitz told MarketWatch in an interview.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
The risk is a pile-on that would be the mirror image of Bitcoin ETFs’ role in last year’s Bitcoin rally, when the surge of inflows to the new funds helped drive the crypto higher.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
If anything, he turned Sunday’s match into a mirror image of the Wimbledon final where Sinner had been the one in command all afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025
D-BPA is the enantiomer of L-BPA, meaning that its molecular structure is the mirror image of L-BPA but it is otherwise chemically identical.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Here was the mirror image of the same incompetence Meredith Whitney was making her name pointing out.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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