specular

specular

1. spekulaarinen, peilimäinen

Synonyymisanakirja

specular

heijastava, peilimäinen, peili-.

Rimmaavat sanat

specular rimmaa näiden kanssa:

maar, cheddar, udar, agar, agar-agar, askar, mar, huhmar, piennar, ojanpiennar...

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Englannin sanakirja

specular englanniksi

1. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective. (defdate)

2. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 14:

a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon ....

3. puhekieltä Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.

a specular examination

4. Assisting sight, like a lens etc.

5. J. Philips

Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees.

6. puhekieltä Offering an expansive view; picturesque.

7. 1833, William Wordsworth, Hope Smiled:

Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.

8. Milton

Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount.

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