Definition of Virtual image

(Optics) a point or system of points, on one side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit the system of rays which actually exists on the other side of the mirror or lens.
- Clerk Maxwell.
(Optics) See under Image.

See also: Image Virtual

Related Words

reflection, reflexion


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