anamorphosis
Webster Dictionary
a distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image
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virtual
(ˈvɜr tʃu əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting an optical image formed by the apparent convergence of rays geometrically, but not actually, prolonged, as the image formed by a mirror
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shadow
Webster Dictionary
a reflected image, as in a mirror or in water
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mirrored
(mirrored)
Princeton's WordNet
like or characteristic of a mirror image
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reflect
Webster Dictionary
to give back an image or likeness of; to mirror
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virtual image
(virtual image)
Princeton's WordNet
a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)
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reflexion
(reflection, reflexion)
Princeton's WordNet
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
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reflection
(reflection, reflexion)
Princeton's WordNet
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
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chiral
(ˈkaɪ rəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
not able to be superimposed on its mirror image:
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mirror image
(ˈmɪr ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an image of an object as it would appear if viewed in a mirror.
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image
Webster Dictionary
the figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror
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reflect
(ɪˈflɛkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to give back or show an image of; mirror.
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reverse
(ɪˈvɜrs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to an image like that seen in a mirror; backward; reversed.
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distortion
(aberration, distortion, optical aberration)
Princeton's WordNet
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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herschelian telescope
(Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector)
Princeton's WordNet
a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
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off-axis reflector
(Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector)
Princeton's WordNet
a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
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optical aberration
(aberration, distortion, optical aberration)
Princeton's WordNet
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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aberration
(aberration, distortion, optical aberration)
Princeton's WordNet
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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focus
Webster Dictionary
a point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror
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reflector
(reflecting telescope, reflector)
Princeton's WordNet
optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
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reflecting telescope
(reflecting telescope, reflector)
Princeton's WordNet
optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
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parity
(ˈpær ɪ ti)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the property of symmetry between a subatomic particle and its mirror image, indicated by +1 if the two are indistinguishable and by −1 if they are different.
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eyepiece
Webster Dictionary
the lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed
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reflex camera
(ɪˈflɛk tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer after being reflected by a mirror or passing through a prism.
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cassegrainian telescope
(Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope)
Princeton's WordNet
a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
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gregorian telescope
(Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope)
Princeton's WordNet
a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
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anamorphosis
(ˌsiz, -siz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when reflected from a curved mirror.
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image
Webster Dictionary
to represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure
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speculum
Webster Dictionary
a mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology
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spectrum
Webster Dictionary
a luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum
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