Specular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, resembling, or produced by a mirror or speculum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to sight or vision.
  • adj. Offering an expansive view; picturesque.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.
  • adj. Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.
  • adj. Affording view.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to a mirror; capable of reflecting objects: as, a specular surface; a specular mineral; specular metal (an alloy prepared for making mirrors).
  • Assisting or facilitating vision; serving for inspection or observation; affording a view: as, a specular orb (the eye or a lens); specular stone (an old name for mica used in windows, in Latin specularis lapis); a specular tower (one serving as a lookout).
  • In ornithology, of or pertaining to the speculum of the wing; ocellar: as, the specular area; specular iridescence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. capable of reflecting light like a mirror
  • Equivalent
    reflective   
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