Mirroring

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A reflection or inversion.

    "Spenser has an intimate feel for Vergilian intratextuality, the mirrorings and repetitions that create patterns of likeness and difference, reaching over the whole text and linking images, motifs, and persons."

  2. 2
    The behavior in which one person consciously or subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of mirror form-of, gerund, participle, present

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companioncopycopyingcounterfeitingdead ringerdouble

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"RAID-1 achieves redundancy by mirroring data on several disks."

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