specular

specular
specularly, adv.
/spek"yeuh leuhr/, adj.
1. pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
2. pertaining to a speculum.
3. Optics. (of reflected light) directed, as from a smooth, polished surface (opposed to diffuse).
[1570-80; < L specularis, equiv. to specul(um) a mirror (spec(ere) to look, regard + -ulum instrumental suffix; see -ULE) + -aris -AR1]

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