mirror
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From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer, to look at, from Latin mīror (“‘wonder at’”), from mīrus (“‘wonderful’”).
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mirror (plural mirrors)
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- (figuratively) an object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- (computing) An exact copy of a data set, especially a website.
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- (reflecting surface): glass (old-fashioned), looking glass (old-fashioned)
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smooth reflecting surface
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computing: exact copy of a data set
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to mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)
- (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
- (computing, transitive) To create a mirror of (a web site, etc.).
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of an event, activity, behaviour.. to be identical to, be a copy of
