MIRRORING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of mirroring in English

(Definition of mirroring from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of mirroring

mirroring

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

This process characteristically has two related and mutually mirroring aspects.
Mirroring wider trends in the voluntary sector, most volunteers are females and middle-aged.
Mirroring the views held by wellestablished areas of musical activity, some electroacoustic composers maintain that their practice is independent from social, political or racial concerns.
Mirroring this body of evidence, we hypothesise that successionrelated closure will be highest in the infancy of these firms.
Mirroring the book as a whole, it has a closing section which introduces many more topics.
Nevertheless, descriptions of the sketch's content do invite description in terms such as 'mirroring' or 'distorted mirror image'.
Often these concerns are couched in terms of deskilling of healthcare professionals, mirroring the earlier debate over deskilling due to automation in other areas.
Mirroring the development in the social sciences as a whole, social gerontology has been characterised by an increasing internationalisation in recent years.
He outlines mirroring and copying activities for getting started which build trust, sensitivity, confidence and imagination.
There have also been marked changes in the labour market for older workers, mirroring the rise in non-standard forms of employment.
Within this model mirroring would be expected to fail if it is either too close to the infant's experience or too remote from it.
The acquisition of an appreciation of mental states, however, goes beyond mirroring.
In contrast, more autonomous persons have internalized the soothing and mirroring functions of caregivers so as to be able to self-regulate.
Representing our surroundings differs from simply mirroring those surroundings.
Opera is most critically enticing when it slides between mirroring and marking gender and sexuality.
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