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What is the reversal experienced by an image formed in a plane mirror called?

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Lateral inversion

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When an object is placed in front of a plane mirror, the appearance of the object on the plane mirror appears as a reversal of the object. This effect is known as lateral inversion.

Lateral inversion occurs as a result of the fact that light is reflected by a plane mirror. The image formed by the plane mirror is as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. Hence lateral inversion occurs because of the way our brains perceive images on a plane mirror. The mirror image of symmetrical letters and objects do not show lateral inversion.

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