one-way mirror

one-way mirror
A mirror reflecting images on one side and transparent on the other, often used by the police during an interrogation.

"The trainee interviews a client in a one-way mirror room or in front of a video camera while being observed by the supervisor, who guides the therapy by telephoning suggestions or bringing the trainee out for discussion." — by


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  • one-way mirror — one way glass or one way mirror noun A sheet of glass which can be looked through from one side but which appears from the other side to be a mirror • • • Main Entry: ↑one * * * one way mirror UK US noun [countable] [singular one way mirror …   Useful english dictionary

  • one-way mirror — noun count a piece of glass that looks like a mirror on one side and allows you to see through it like a window on the other …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • one-way mirror — n a mirror which can be used as a window by people secretly watching from the other side of it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • One-way mirror — A one way mirror, also known as a two way mirror, one way glass, or two way glass is a mirror which is partially reflective and partially transparent. When one side of the mirror is brightly lit and the other is dark, it allows viewing from the… …   Wikipedia

  • one-way mirror — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms one way mirror : singular one way mirror plural one way mirrors a piece of glass that looks like a mirror on one side and allows you to see through it like a window on the other …   English dictionary

  • One Way Mirror (song) — One Way Mirror Single by Kinesis from the album Handshakes For Bullets Released …   Wikipedia

  • one-way mirror — noun (C) a mirror which can be used as a window by people secretly watching from the other side of it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • One-way — or one way may refer to: One way traffic, a street either facilitating only one way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction One way function, a function that is easy to compute on every input, but hard to invert given the …   Wikipedia

  • one-way glass — or one way mirror noun A sheet of glass which can be looked through from one side but which appears from the other side to be a mirror • • • Main Entry: ↑one …   Useful english dictionary

  • one-way — 1) ADJ: ADJ n In one way streets or traffic systems, vehicles can only travel along in one direction. ...Gotham s maze of no thoroughfares and one way streets. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n One way describes journeys which go to just one place, rather than… …   English dictionary

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