specular

Definition

Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...]."
• "a specular examination"
• "Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees."