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Specular

//ˈspɛk.jə.lɚ// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.

    "a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...]."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.

    "a specular examination"

  3. 3
    Assisting sight, like a lens etc.

    "Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees."

  4. 4
    Offering an expansive view; picturesque. poetic

    "Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of reflecting light like a mirror wordnet

Etymology

From Latin speculāris, from speculum; and in some senses from speculārī (“to watch, observe”). Some later senses via French spéculaire.

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