Catoptric

//kaˈtɒptɹɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections. not-comparable

    "It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors wordnet

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catoptricalluminary

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"It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατοπτρικός (katoptrikós), from κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”).

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