specular

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈspɛk.jʊ.lə/(UK)
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/ˈspɛk.jʊ.lə/(UK) · /ˈspɛk.jə.lɚ/(US)

Definition of specular

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
    “a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].”
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adj

  1. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
    “a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].”
  2. Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.
    “a specular examination”
  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. (poetic)Offering an expansive view; picturesque.
    “Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.”
    “Look once more, e're we leave this specular mount.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

Anagrams of specular

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