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   Mary Harris Jones
         n 1: United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to
               found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) [syn:
               {Jones}, {Mother Jones}, {Mary Harris Jones}]

English Dictionary: Mary Harris Jones by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirror carp
n
  1. domestic carp with some large shining scales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirror symmetry
n
  1. (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
    Synonym(s): parity, conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merorganization \Mer*or`gan*i*za"tion\, n. [Gr. [?] part + E.
      organization.]
      Organization in part. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirror \Mir"ror\, n. [OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor,
      fr. (assumed) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L.
      mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Miracle},
      {Mirador}.]
      1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished
            substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of
            light.
  
                     And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein
                     her face she often view[8a]d fair.      --Spenser.
  
      2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true
            image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
  
                     She is mirour of all courtesy.            --Chaucer.
  
                     O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and
                     majesty divine.                                 --Spenser.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Speculum}.
  
      {Mirror carp} (Zo[94]l.), a domesticated variety of the carp,
            having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.
           
  
      {Mirror plate}.
            (a) A flat glass mirror without a frame.
            (b) Flat glass used for making mirrors.
  
      {Mirror writing}, a manner or form of backward writing,
            making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters
            the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The
            substitution of this manner of writing for the common
            manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
      1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
            surface.
  
      2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
            contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
  
      {Reflecting circle}, an astronomical instrument for measuring
            angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
            reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
            carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
            an entire circle.
  
      {Reflecting galvanometer}, a galvanometer in which the
            deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
            attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
            of a scale; -- called also {mirror galvanometer}.
  
      {Reflecting goniometer}. See under {Goniometer}.
  
      {Reflecting telescope}. See under {Telescope}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirrorscope \Mir"ror*scope\, n. [Mirror + -scope.]
      See {Projector}, below.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n.
      An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen,
      as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by
      reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an
      opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects,
      etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form
      the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of
      lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific
      instruments have been called by different names, such as
      {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirrorscope \Mir"ror*scope\, n. [Mirror + -scope.]
      See {Projector}, below.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n.
      An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen,
      as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by
      reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an
      opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects,
      etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form
      the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of
      lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific
      instruments have been called by different names, such as
      {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myriarch \Myr"i*arch\, n. [Gr. [?], [?]; [?] ten thousand + [?]
      chief.]
      A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
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