Mirror image
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A mirror image is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect, it results from specul
Mount Hood reflected in the waters of Mirror Lake
A symmetrical urn and its mirror image
An example of how mirror flips text front to back rather than left to right. This cardboard word is reflected properly without being flipped.
The word "FIRE" and its mirror image are displayed on the front of this fire engine.
Chirality
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Chirality is the property of an object not being identical to its reflection, or mirror image. An object is chiral if it is not identical to its reflection; that is, it cannot be superposed onto itsel
Mirror image
…Aurora § Conjugate auroras Chirality, a property of asymmetry important in several branches of science Flipped image…
A natural left-handed helix, made by a certain climber plant's tendril
Shells of two different species of sea snail: on the left is the normally sinistral (left-handed) shell of Neptunea angulata, on the right is the normally dextral (right-handed) shell of Neptunea despecta
Wachendorfia paniculata flower with style left