Translate mirror | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of mirror
noun
a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image. something regarded as accurately representing something else:the stage is supposed to be the mirror of life (also mirror site) Computing a site on a network that stores some or all of the contents from another site.
verb
[with object] (of a reflective surface) show a reflection of:the clear water mirrored the sky correspond to:gradations of educational attainment that mirror differences in social background Computing keep a copy of some or all of the contents of (a network site) at another site, typically in order to improve accessibility. (usually as noun
mirroring)
Computing store copies of data on (two or more hard disks) as a method of protecting it.
