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spiegelbildliche

Spiegelbildliche is a German adjective meaning mirror-image or mirror-like. It describes a relation in which an object, image, or pattern corresponds to its reflection in a mirror, usually across a line of symmetry or a plane. The word combines Spiegel (mirror) and Bild (image) with the suffix -lich. The related noun Spiegelbild refers to the mirror image itself, while spiegelbildlich describes the property of being a mirror image.

In geometry and optics, spiegelbildliche relations occur when a figure is mapped to its mirror image across

In art, design, and architecture, spiegelbildliche arrangements emphasize symmetry, balance, and reversal, such as bilateral compositions

Spiegelbildliche should not be confused with Spiegelbild, the noun, which denotes the mirror image itself rather

a
line
or
plane.
The
corresponding
mapping
is
called
eine
spiegelbildliche
Abbildung
or
Spiegelung.
In
physics,
the
term
is
often
used
in
the
context
of
parity
transformations
that
reverse
spatial
coordinates,
producing
a
spiegelbildliche
version
of
a
system;
whether
physical
laws
are
invariant
under
such
a
transformation
depends
on
the
theory.
where
halves
are
mirror
images
of
each
other.
than
the
property
of
mirror-like
correspondence.