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1Curved mirror — Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. The photographer is seen reflected at top right A curved mirror is a mirror with a curved reflective surface, which may be either convex (bulging outward) or concave (bulging inward). Most curved mirrors… …
2Mirror — looking glass redirects here. For other uses, see Looking Glass (disambiguation). This article is about wave reflectors (mainly, specular reflection of visible light). For other uses, see Mirror (disambiguation). A mirror, reflecting a vase A… …
3mirror — mirrorlike, adj. /mir euhr/, n. 1. a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing. 2. such a surface set into a frame, attached to a handle, etc., for use in viewing… …
4Mirror (dinghy) — Current Specifications A Mirror on Combs Reservoir in Derbyshire …
5Plane mirror — A plane mirror is a mirror with a planar reflective surface. For light rays striking a plane mirror, the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. Thus a collimated beam of light does not spread out after reflection from a plane mirror,… …
6Mangin mirror — Diagram of a Mangin mirror. In optics, a Mangin mirror is a negative meniscus lens with the reflective surface on the rear side of the glass forming a curved mirror that reflects light without spherical aberration. This reflector was invented in… …
7skinny mirror — noun A slightly curved mirror, typically fitted in the fitting rooms of clothing shops, that shows the customer to be thinner than reality …
8Atomic mirror — In physics, an atomic mirror is a device which reflects neutral atoms in the similar way as the conventional mirror reflects visible light.Atomic mirrors can be made of electric fields or magnetic fields,cite journal… …
9Non-reversing mirror — A Non reversing mirror is a mirror that presents its subject as it would be seen from the mirror. It is possible to make a non reversing mirror by connecting two regular mirrors at their edges at a 90 degree angle. If you position the join so… …
10Primary mirror — A primary mirror (or primary) is the principal light gathering surface of a reflective telescope. For most of astronomy s history, primary mirrors used to be monolithic blocks of glass or other material, curved to exact shapes and coated with a… …
