virtual image

virtual image
virtual image n an image (as seen in a plane mirror) formed of virtual foci

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a picture from projected light rays that are intercepted before focusing, as by a plane mirror; it cannot be received on a screen, and it has the same orientation as the object. Called also direct or erect i.

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