Antimirror

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An antisymmetric operation; the operation of reflection combined with a reversal of some sort (such as color, time, size, etc); the reflection of opposites.

    "The conditions are often signs of a triumphant hero's beginnings, and indeed will almost reflect, in the antimirror, Cordelia's fate."

  2. 2
    Something that inhibits reflection; something that obscures or absorbs light instead of reflecting.

    "The current disruption simulation was performed with a long "antimirror" trap 2MK-200 at 10 MW/cm² flow density."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposed to mirrors.

    "We had never suspected the existence of a silly antimirror law, and if it still exists in any hospital we trust the management will hasten to rescind it."

Example

More examples

"We had never suspected the existence of a silly antimirror law, and if it still exists in any hospital we trust the management will hasten to rescind it."

Etymology

From anti- + mirror.

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