亚洲网紅露点

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specular

[ spek-yuh-ler ]

adjective

  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 ( diffuse ).


specular

/ 藞蝉辫蓻办箩蕣濒蓹 /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having the properties of a mirror

    specular reflection

  2. of or relating to a speculum
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉辫别肠耻濒补谤濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辫别肠顎僽路濒补谤路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of specular1

1570鈥80; < Latin 蝉辫别肠耻濒腻谤颈蝉, equivalent to specul ( um ) a mirror ( spec ( ere ) to look, regard + -ulum instrumental suffix; -ule ) + -腻谤颈蝉 -ar 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of specular1

C16: from Latin 蝉辫别肠耻濒腻谤颈蝉, from speculum a mirror, from specere to look at
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These glints, or specular reflections, have been observed, for instance, on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which helped to confirm the moon's large lakes.

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"There have been other little surprises. But, I鈥檝e just learned to not ask questions and just go with it. It always turns out specular."

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Curiously, the intensity of competition may explain the specular rise in U.S. profits.

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There are two types of reflection: specular and diffuse.

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It is difficult to imagine popular music without his stark, and specular, existential insight.

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