mirror images
Flipped identical copies
Mirror images are reflections or copies where left and right are reversed, as when you face yourself in a mirror.
The term extends to any pair of things that are identical but oriented in opposite directions: The twins sat facing each other like mirror images.
In chemistry, mirror-image molecules (enantiomers) have the same structure but cannot be superimposed, like left and right hands.
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
- evil twinMorally inverted lookalike
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- reflectionReturned light or thought
chirality · enantiomers · duplicate · reverse · flipside · counterpart · parallel universe · stereoisomers · carbon copy · looking glass · through the looking glass · fun house · optical illusion · bilateral symmetry · copy · alter ego · left-right · replica
- pattern recognitioncolor matching, geometric patterns, tessellations, repetition, symmetry
- Reflectionssymmetry, water reflections, reflective surfaces, window reflections
- spatial skillsmental rotation, spatial awareness, spatial memory, depth perception, perspective taking
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- visual differenceshidden objects
- dream effectslucid dream, nightmare, daydream, falling, floating
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