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virtual image

An image from which rays of reflected or refracted light appear to diverge, as from an image seen in a plane mirror.

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virtual image

(General Physics) an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point

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Noun 1. [画像:virtual image - a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)]virtual image - a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)

reflexion, reflection - the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

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