Mirror
![]() :This article is about the reflective surfaces. For other senses of this word, see mirror (disambiguation). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A mirror is a reflective surface that is smooth enough to form an image. The best known example is the plane mirror. The most common use is in the home for shaving, make-up, etc but mirrors are also used in scientific apparati such as telescopes and lasers, and in industrial machinery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In a plane mirror, a parallel beam of light changes its direction as a whole, whilst still remaining parallel; the images formed by a plane mirror are virtual images, of the same size as the original object (see mirror image). There are also parabolic concave mirrors, where a parallel beam of light becomes a convergent beam, whose rays intersect in the focus of the mirror. Finally, there are convex mirrors, where a parallel beam becomes divergent, with the apparent intersection occurring behind the mirror. Note that spherical concave and convex mirrors do not have a single focal point, as often described in high school physics text books (see spherical aberration in lens (optics) and aberration in optical systems).
Reflective: REDIRECT Reflection... Plane: Plane may mean:... Parallel: The term Parallel has a number of important meanings:... Mirror related Images and Photos (experimental) | ~ Table of Content ~
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~ Related Subjects ~Focus (1) - Convergent (1) - Concave (1) - Aberration in optical systems (1) - Spherical aberration in ''lens (optics)'' (1) - Convex (1) - Parallel (1) - Plane (1) - Reflective (1) - Parabolic (1) - Mirror image (1) - Light (1) -~ Community ~
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