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specular

Adjective

spec=u=lar

WORDNET DICTIONARY

specular(s = adj.all) mirrorlike - capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal"

specular, a. [L. specularis (cf., from the same root, specula a lookout, watchtower): cf. F. spéculaire. See Speculum.].

Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination. [1913 Webster]
Assisting sight, as a lens or the like. [1913 Webster]
"Thy specular orb
Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo!
In each observe the slender threads
Of first-beginning trees." [1913 Webster]
Affording view. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Specular iron. (Min.) See Hematite.

specular, adj.
1 of or having the nature of a speculum.
2 reflecting.

Idiom

specular iron ore lustrous haematite.

Etymology

L specularis (as SPECULUM)