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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 ...
A toddler and a mirror. The mirror stage (French: stade du miroir) is a concept in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan.The mirror stage is based on the belief that infants recognize themselves in a mirror (literal) or other symbolic contraption which induces apperception (the turning of oneself into an object that can be viewed by the child from outside themselves) from the age of about ...
Reflection symmetry. Figures with the axes of symmetry drawn in. The figure with no axes is asymmetric. 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.
Mirror writing. Mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when it is reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher. A common modern usage of mirror writing ...
Piyush Goel (born 1967) also referred as Mirror Image Man in the media, is an Indian writer, author, and world record holder, known for writing books in mirror image style. [1] [3] [4] [5] In 2012, he set the record by writing World's First Needle Book Madhushala of Harivansh Rai Bachchan by using needle in mirror image. [6]
A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...
Mirrors. (2008 film) Mirrors is a 2008 supernatural horror film [3] directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. The film was first titled Into the Mirror, but the name was later changed to Mirrors. [4] Filming began on May 1, 2007, and it was released in American theaters on August 15, 2008.
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 ...