specular

adj

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

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. 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.”