[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/w/mirror.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The mysticism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/) / mirror [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/M/) # mirror «mirror» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a mirror, mirrors); verb (mirror, mirrors, mirrored, mirroring) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#m1) 2) To mirror something is to copy it exactly or show it like a reflection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#m2) 3) A mirror image is a reflection where left and right are swapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#m3) 4) In fairy tales, a magic mirror can talk and answer questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the mystic school: In note 02 "beware the mirror": a model tends to absorb the frame of the person it speaks with; style may transfer, judgement should stay independent. In the primary lessons: In science, a mirror reflects light: light bounces off at the same angle it hits; this is how periscopes work. Cars have rear-view and wing mirrors so drivers can see behind. In maths, a mirror line (line of symmetry) splits a shape into two matching halves, and reflecting a shape in a mirror line is a transformation. Phrases: look in the mirror, mirror image, mirror line, rear-view mirror, smash a mirror. ### examples - The two questions may eventually become mirrors. (note 04) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x1) - The same syllables, mirrored. (note 05) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x2) - Beware the mirror: a model tends to soak up the frame of the person it talks to, so style may transfer but judgment stays independent; beware the crowd: frequency is not truth, and the median view is a second opinion, not a hidden religion. (lesson 003) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x3) - Asking what we owe our creations turns into asking what our creator owes us, and the two questions become mirrors. (lesson 009) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x4) - She looked at herself in the mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x5) - A mirror reflects light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x6) - Draw the mirror image of the shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x7) - The mirror line cuts the butterfly into two equal halves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x8) - Check the mirror before you change lanes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x9) - Her face mirrored her mother's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x10) - Writing looks back to front in a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x11) - and the mirror answered as before: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/#x12) ### note Spelling: mi-rr-or, double r. In a mirror, left and right are swapped, so writing looks reversed. Broken mirror glass is very sharp; tell an adult. Some say breaking a mirror brings seven years' bad luck — this is only a superstition. ### In the corpora - [Pigs learn tricks and solve puzzles as well as many dogs, and they can use a mirror to find food hidden behind them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/6/) - [Before a bird flies indoors you close windows and doors, cover mirrors and turn off fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/9/) - [Breaking a mirror does not bring seven years of bad luck; that is a superstition, and the only danger is the glass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/17/) - [Stage illusions like «sawing a person in half» use special boxes, mirrors and hidden helpers; nobody is hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/10/) - [The next morning she looked in the bathroom mirror at a nose that was swollen, purple and twice its size.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality/1/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «mirror» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/M/mirror/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.