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  2. Mirror image - Wikipedia

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    A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect, it results from specular reflection off from surfaces of lustrous materials, especially a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can ...

  3. Reflection symmetry - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, reflection symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, or mirror-image symmetry is symmetry with respect to a reflection. That is, a figure which does not change upon undergoing a reflection has reflectional symmetry. In 2D there is a line/axis of symmetry, in 3D a plane of symmetry. An object or figure which is indistinguishable ...

  4. Infinity mirror - Wikipedia

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    An infinity mirror effect viewed between paired mirrors in a public bathroom. The infinity mirror (also sometimes called an infinite mirror) is a configuration of two or more parallel or angled mirrors, which are arranged to create a series of smaller and smaller reflections that appear to recede to infinity. [1][2] Often the front mirror of an ...

  5. Specular reflection - Wikipedia

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    Specular reflection, or regular reflection, is the mirror -like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. [1] The law of reflection states that a reflected ray of light emerges from the reflecting surface at the same angle to the surface normal as the incident ray, but on the opposing side of the surface normal in the plane formed by ...

  6. Girl before a Mirror - Wikipedia

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    Girl Before a Mirror is portrait of Picasso's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, which he created on 14 March 1932. It is signed by Picasso in white paint in the top left corner and dated on the reverse. [2] The painting measures 162.3 cm x 130.2 cm and was created using oils on canvas. [7] It is an image of a woman looking at her reflection in ...

  7. Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia

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    The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series, season 1) List of episodes. " Mirror Image " is the twenty-first episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on February 26, 1960, on CBS.

  8. The Dog and Its Reflection - Wikipedia

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    The Dog and Its Reflection. The fable as portrayed in a mediaeval bestiary. The Dog and Its Reflection (or Shadow in later translations) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 133 in the Perry Index. [1] The Greek language original was retold in Latin and in this way was spread across Europe, teaching the lesson to be contented with what one ...

  9. Mirrored-self misidentification - Wikipedia

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    Mirrored-self misidentification. Mirrored-self misidentification is the delusional belief that one's reflection in the mirror is another person – typically a younger or second version of one's self, a stranger, or a relative. [1] This delusion occurs most frequently in patients with dementia [2] and an affected patient maintains the ability ...