mirror A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that Reflection (physics), reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror forms an image of whatever is in front of it, which is then focused through the lens of the eye or a camera ...

is an object whose surface reflects an image. Mirror, mirrors or MIRROR may also refer to: *

Reflection (mathematics) In mathematics, a reflection (also spelled reflexion) is a mapping from a Euclidean space to itself that is an isometry with a hyperplane as the set of fixed points; this set is called the axis (in dimension 2) or plane (in dimension 3) of r ...

, creating the mirror image of a shape across a point, line or plane * The "silver mirror", created in chemical tests involving

Tollens' reagent Tollens' reagent (chemical formula Ag(NH3)2OH) is a chemical reagent used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones along with some alpha-hydroxy ketones which can tautomerize into aldehydes. The reagent consists of a solution of silver n ...

Current mirror A current mirror is a circuit designed to copy a electric current, current through one active device by controlling the current in another active device of a circuit, keeping the output current constant regardless of loading. The current being "co ...

, an electric circuit designed to copy a current through one active device by controlling the current in another active device of a circuit *

Magnetic mirror A magnetic mirror, also known as a magnetic trap or sometimes as a pyrotron, is a type of magnetic confinement fusion device used in fusion power to trap high temperature Plasma (physics), plasma using magnetic fields. The mirror was one of the e ...

, a magnetic field configuration *

Acoustic mirror An acoustic mirror is a passive device used to reflect and focus (concentrate) sound waves. Parabolic reflector, Parabolic acoustic mirrors are widely used in parabolic microphones to pick up sound from great distances, employed in surveillance ...

, a device used to focus and amplify sound waves

Geography

* Mirror, Alberta, a place in Canada * Mirror Lakes, a set of lakes in New Zealand

Computing

* AirPlay Mirroring, an iOS 5 feature for wireless video streaming *

Disk mirroring In Data storage device, data storage, disk mirroring is the Replication (computing), replication of logical disk volumes onto separate physical hard disks in Real-time computing, real time to ensure continuous availability. It is most commonly u ...

, replicating the content of an entire storage disk *

Mirror site Mirror sites or mirrors are replicas of other websites. The concept of mirroring applies to network services accessible through any protocol, such as HTTP or FTP. Such sites have different URLs than the original site, but host identical or near-i ...

, an Internet server which replicates content available elsewhere * Mirror (programming), a type of reflection mechanism in programming *

Port mirroring Port mirroring is used on a network switch to send a copy of network packets seen on one switch port (or an entire VLAN) to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. This is commonly used for network appliances that require moni ...

, replicating network packets for diagnostic purposes

Books and publications

*''Mirrors'', novel by

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through wo ...

* ''Mirror'' (Yi Sang poem), 1933 poem by Yi Sang * ''Mirror'', a short poem by American author

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for '' The Colossus and Other Poems'' (1960), '' Ariel'' (1965), a ...

* ''

Daily Mirror The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily Tabloid journalism, tabloid newspaper. Founded in 1903, it is part of Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the tit ...

'', a newspaper based in the United Kingdom * ''

Montreal Mirror ''Montreal Mirror'' or just ''Mirror'' was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday. It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week. ...

'', an alternative weekly newspaper based in Quebec, Canada * ''

Mumbai Mirror The ''Mumbai Mirror'' is an Indian English-language newspaper published in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Launched in 2005 as a compact daily newspaper, its coverage focused on city specific local news and civic issues concerning education, healthcare an ...

'', a compact daily newspaper based in Mumbai, India * ''Mirror'' (Pakistani magazine), a Pakistani social magazine published from 1951 to 1972 * ''

Australian Woman's Mirror ''The Australian Woman's Mirror'' was an Australian weekly women's magazine published by '' The Bulletin'' magazine in Sydney, between 1924 and 1961. History The first issue of the magazine was published on 25 November 1924 with the following ...

'', an Australian weekly magazine published from 1924 to 1961 * ''The Mirror'' (Western Australia), published from 1921 until 1956

Film

* Mirror Releasing, now

United Artists Releasing United Artists Releasing, LLC (UAR) was an American film distribution joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Annapurna Pictures and the successor to United Artists (UA) that operated from October 31, 2017 to March 4, 2023. Founded by form ...

, a film distribution company * ''Mirror'' (1947 film), a French crime film directed by Raymond Lamy * ''Mirror'' (1975 film), a Russian art film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky * ''Mirrors'' (1978 film), a horror film by Noel Black * ''Mirrors'' (2007 film), a Canadian short drama film * ''Mirrors'' (2008 film), a supernatural horror film starring Kiefer Sutherland

TV

* "Mirror", a 2008 episode from the television series ''Legend of the Seeker'' * ''Mirror'', a 2007 television ident for BBC Two

Music

* Mirror (multimedia project), a multimedia project created by Thomas Anselmi *

Mirror (group) Mirror (stylised in all caps) is a Hong Kong boy group formed through ViuTV's reality talent show '' Good Night Show - King Maker'' in 2018. The group consists of twelve members: The group consists of twelve members: Frankie Chan, Alton Wong, ...

, a Hong Kong boy band * Mirrors (Ohio band), an early 1970s proto-punk/psychedelic garage band from Cleveland, OH *

Mirrors (band) Mirrors are an England, English synthpop band originating from Brighton who formed in 2008. The band consists of James New (lead vocals and synthesizers), James Arguile (synthesizers) and Josef Page (electronic drums). They prefer to describ ...

, a synthpop band from Brighton

Albums

* ''Mirror'' (Emitt Rhodes album), 1971 * ''Mirror'' (Graham Central Station album), 1976 * ''Mirror'', a 1988 album by

One 2 Many One 2 Many was a short-lived Norwegian-Swedish band consisting of Dag Kolsrud ( keyboards), Camilla Griehsel (vocals) and Jan Gisle Ytterdal (guitar). Formed in 1987, the band released their first and only album ''Mirror'' on A&M Records in 1988 ...

* ''Mirror'' (The Rapture album), 1999 * ''Mirror'' (D'espairsRay album), 2007 * ''Mirror'', a 2008 album by I'm Not a Gun * ''Mirror'' (Charles Lloyd album), 2009 * ''Mirror'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 2007 * ''Mirrors'' (Blue Öyster Cult album), or the title song * ''Mirrors'' (Peggy Lee album), 1975 * ''Mirrors'' (Sandra album), 1986 * ''Mirrors'' (Joe Chambers album), 1999 * ''Mirrors'' (Misery Signals album), or its title song, "Mirrors" *'' Mirrors EP'', a 2009 EP by alternative rock band Young Guns *''Mirrors'', a 2006 album by

Miki Furukawa (born February 19, 1979) is a Japanese musician. From 1995 to 2005 she was the bass player and vocalist of the indie rock band Supercar. She released her first solo record in 2006. Biography Originating from Aomori Prefecture, Miki Furukawa ...

* ''Mirror'' (Lauren Spencer-Smith album), 2023

Songs

* "Mirror" (Gackt song), 2000 * "Mirror" (Lil Wayne song), 2011 * "Mirror" (Porter Robinson song), 2020 * "Mirror" (Sigrid song), 2021 *

Mirror (Ado song) A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror forms an image of whatever is in front of it, which is then focused through the lens of the eye or a camera. Mirrors reverse the ...

, 2024 * "Mirrors" (Natalia Kills song), 2010 * "Mirrors" (Justin Timberlake song), 2013 * "Mirrors" (Tohoshinki song), 2019 * "Mirror", by Bazzi from the album '' Cosmic'', 2018 * ”Mirror”, by

SoMo Joseph Anthony Somers-Morales (born September 11, 1987), known professionally as SoMo, is an American singer and songwriter. Career In 2009, SoMo started recording covers in Denton, Texas. A successful 2011 mash-up of Drake's ''Take Care'' le ...

from the album The Answers, 2017 * "Mirror", a 2006 song by Ne-Yo from ''

In My Own Words ''In My Own Words'' is the debut studio album of American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo. It was released by Def Jam Recordings on February 28, 2006. Conceived following his songwriting breakthrough with " Let Me Love You" for fellow R&B singer Mario in ...

'' * "Mirror", a 1996 song by

X-Perience X-Perience is a Eurodance band from Berlin, Germany. Their music style varies between synthpop, trance music, trance and World music, ethnopop. The band members are Claudia Uhle (vocals, lyrics), Matthias Uhle (composition, keyboards) and Alexan ...

from the album ''Magic Fields'' * "Mirror", a 2017 song by the Drums from the album ''

Abysmal Thoughts ''Abysmal Thoughts'' is the fourth studio album by New York City indie pop project The Drums. The album was released on June 16, 2017, through ANTI- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. ...

'' * "Mirror", a 2021 song by Itzy from the album ''

Crazy in Love "Crazy in Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé featuring guest vocals from American rapper Jay-Z. It was written by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Rich Harrison, and produced by the last two. "Crazy in Love" is a pop, hip hop, and ...

'' * "Mirrors", a 2014 song from ''

White Noise In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density. The term is used with this or similar meanings in many scientific and technical disciplines, i ...

'' by PVRIS * "Mirrors", a 2017 song by Niall Horan from the album '' Flicker'' * "Mirrors", a 2022 song by Kendrick Lamar from the album '' Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers''

Other

Mirror stage The mirror stage () is a concept in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan. The mirror stage is based on the belief that infants recognize themselves in a mirror (literal) or other symbolic contraption which induces apperception (the turning ...

, a psychological development step *

Mirror armour Mirror armour (, , meaning "mirror"; zh, 护心镜, , meaning "protect-heart mirror"), sometimes referred to as disc armour or as or ( meaning "four mirrors"; whence , ), was a type of cuirass used mainly in Asia, the Middle East, and Easter ...

, a type of cuirass *

Mirror (dinghy) The Mirror is a type of popular sailing dinghy with more than 70,000 built. The Mirror was named after the ''Daily Mirror'', a UK newspaper with a largely working-class distribution. The Mirror was from the start promoted as an affordable boat, ...

, a small boat