| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb mirror.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (mirror) |
1. Reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above".[Wordnet]. 2. Reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center".[Wordnet]. 3. To reflect, as in a mirror.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: mirroring, mirrored, mirrors, mirrorer, mirrorers, mirroringly and mirroredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"Mirrors" is a common misspelling or typo for: mirrours. |
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Date "Mirrors" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Conjugate mirrors | (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Hall of mirrors effect | In computer graphics, the hall of mirrors (HOM) effect is an effect in which a computer program attempts to draw an image of what is technically "nothing," and as a result of which, repeats whatever image is near to the null item, causing a shimmer or an endless repetition of an image, similar to the appearance of two mirrors reflecting each other, hence the name. (references) | ||
| House of mirrors | A house of mirrors or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction in carnivals (US), funfairs (UK) and amusement parks. The basic concept behind a house of mirrors is to be a maze-like puzzle, but in addition to confounding the spatial senses with a labyrinth element, the visual senses are also confounded by the construction of the walls of the maze of optically reflective material, most often glass mirrors. Sometimes each mirror may be distorted into different curved, convex or concave shapes to give the participants unusual and confusing reflections of themselves. (references) | ||
| Smoke and Mirrors | Smoke and Mirrors is a collection of short fiction by Neil Gaiman. It was first published in the US in 1998, and in the UK in 1999. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Smoke and mirrors | Computing | Smoke and mirrors Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense. Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks (see also MIPS, machoflops). "They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix - sounds like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase has been said to derive from carnie slang for magic acts and "freak show" displays that depend on "trompe l'oeil' effects, but also calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking Mirror") for whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were regularly cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another round of fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously disheartened. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Smoke and mirrors | Computing | Smoke and mirrors n. Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense. Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks (see also MIPS, machoflops). "They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix -- sounds like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase, popularized by newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin c.1975, has been said to derive from carnie slang for magic acts and `freak show' displays that depend on `trompe l'oeil' effects, but also calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking Mirror") for whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were regularly cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another round of fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously disheartened. See also stealth manager. Source: Jargon File.. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | مراة (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | مراة (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | مراة (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | cermin (mirror, shining, mirrors). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | zrcadlení (mirror, reflection, reflexion, flip, mirrors), zrcadla (mirrors). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | refletir (reflect, consider, esteem, reflect on, regard), espelham (reflect, mirrors). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | spejle (mirrors, rays). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | กระจกเงา (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass), พวกเราคือความทรงจำของตนเอง คือพิพิธภัณฑ์ของรูปร่างที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอ และเป็นกองเศษ (we are our own memory we are that chimerical museum of changing shapes that heap of broken mirrors). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | zrcadlení (mirror, reflection, reflexion, flip, mirrors), zrcadla (mirrors). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chamorro | espehos (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Chamorro, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 镜子 (mirror, mirrors, len, looking glass, looking-glass). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 鏡子 (mirror, len, looking-glass, mirrors, the mirror). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | zrcadlení (mirror, reflection, reflexion, flip, mirrors), zrcadla (mirrors). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | oglinda (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | spejle (mirrors, rays). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | spejle (mirrors, rays). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | آنَينه (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Spiegel (mirror, reflector, glass, mirrors, level). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | spiegel (mirror, stern, poop, level, speculum). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Filipino | espeho (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Filipino, Philippines, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | kuvastin (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | miroirs (mirrors). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | miroirs (mirrors). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Spiegel (mirror, reflector, glass, mirrors, level). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | υπόδειγμα (exemplar, paragon, example, mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | ipodheigma (exemplar, paragon, example, mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 프레넬의 복경 (fresnel mirrors). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 프레넬의 복경 (fresnel mirrors). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | יאר (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | مراة (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Spiegel (mirror, reflector, glass, mirrors, level). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Spiegel (mirror, reflector, glass, mirrors, level). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | tükör (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | cermin (mirror, shining, mirrors). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Isizulu | buko (drift, ford, mirror, mirrors, spectacles). Additional references: Isizulu, South Africa, Malawi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | specchi (mirrors), specchietti di cortesia (vanity mirrors), specchi in cristallo temperato (tempered glass mirrors), fermo posteriore di posizionamento slitta e del carrello specchi (rear positioning jig of the scanner and the mirrors carriage), obiettivo primario con il suporto degli specchi secondari (prime focus with mounting for secondary mirrors), meccanismo di posizionamento carrello degli specchi (mirrors carriage positioning mechanism), carrello degli specchi (mirrors carriage), dispositivo di posizionamento specchi (mirrors positioning mechanism), camma di posizionamento specchi (mirrors positioning cam), specchi bucali di ingrandimento (mirrors mouth magnifying). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | יאר (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 鏡 (mirror, mirrors, glass, looking-glass, peeper), 合わせ鏡 (opposite mirrors), あわせかがみ (opposite mirrors), 翼の鏡 (wing mirror, wing mirrors, wing-mirror, wing-mirrors), ホール鏡 (hall of mirrors, hall-of-mirrors). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kisuaheli | kioo (glass, mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, fishhook). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kiswahili | kioo (glass, mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, fishhook). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 프레넬의 복경 (fresnel mirrors). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | tükör (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | oglinda (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | speil (mirror, glass, mirrors, crystal, looking-glass). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | آنَينه (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | آنَينه (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | آنَينه (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Pilipino | espeho (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Pilipino, Philippines, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | lusterko (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, glassblower), zwierciadła (mirrors), lustra (mirrors). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | lusterko (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, glassblower), zwierciadła (mirrors), lustra (mirrors). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | lusterko (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, glassblower), zwierciadła (mirrors), lustra (mirrors). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | refletir (mirror, ponder, account, be reflected, bethink), espelhos (mirrors, mirth), espelham (reflect, mirrors). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | oglinda (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | oglinda (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | spegel (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, looking glass), återspeglingar (mirrors). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | зеркала (mirrors). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | zerkala (mirrors). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | зеркала (mirrors). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | zerkala (mirrors). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | กระจกเงา (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass), พวกเราคือความทรงจำของตนเอง คือพิพิธภัณฑ์ของรูปร่างที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอ และเป็นกองเศษ (we are our own memory we are that chimerical museum of changing shapes that heap of broken mirrors). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | spejle (mirrors, rays). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | zrkadlo (mirror, glass, looking-glass, mirrors, polish). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | zrkadlo (mirror, glass, looking-glass, mirrors, polish). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | espejos (mirrors). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | กระจกเงา (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass), พวกเราคือความทรงจำของตนเอง คือพิพิธภัณฑ์ของรูปร่างที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอ และเป็นกองเศษ (we are our own memory we are that chimerical museum of changing shapes that heap of broken mirrors). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | kuvastin (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | kuvastin (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | spegel (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, looking glass), återspeglingar (mirrors). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swahili | kioo (glass, mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, fishhook). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | spegel (mirror, looking-glass, mirrors, glass, looking glass), återspeglingar (mirrors). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tagalog | espeho (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Tagalog, Philippines, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | กระจกเงา (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass), พวกเราคือความทรงจำของตนเอง คือพิพิธภัณฑ์ของรูปร่างที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอ และเป็นกองเศษ (we are our own memory we are that chimerical museum of changing shapes that heap of broken mirrors). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | กระจกเงา (mirror, mirrors, looking-glass), พวกเราคือความทรงจำของตนเอง คือพิพิธภัณฑ์ของรูปร่างที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอยู่เสมอ และเป็นกองเศษ (we are our own memory we are that chimerical museum of changing shapes that heap of broken mirrors). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tjamoro | espehos (mirror, mirrors). Additional references: Tjamoro, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | ayna (mirror, glass, reflector, face, glasses), aynacı (maker of mirrors, seller of looking glass). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | Дзеркало (mirrors). Additional references: Ukrainian, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | dzerkalo (mirrors). Additional references: Ukrainian, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zulu | buko (drift, ford, mirror, mirrors, spectacles). Additional references: Zulu, South Africa, Malawi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zunda | buko (drift, ford, mirror, mirrors, spectacles). Additional references: Zunda, South Africa, Malawi, mirrors. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “mirrors” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | irrorsmay (mirrors). Additional references: Pig Latin, mirrors. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran A | a dar sha (mirrors). Additional references: Terran A, mirrors. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | espelti (mirrors). Additional references: Terran B, mirrors. (volunteer) | |||
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