"specular" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin speculāris, from speculum; and in some senses from speculārī (“to watch, observe”). Some later senses via French spéculaire.",
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      "form": "more specular",
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          "ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 14:",
          "text": "a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].",
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      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective."
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          "text": "a specular examination",
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        "Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum."
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        "(medicine) Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum."
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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          "ref": "1708, John Philips, Cyder:",
          "text": "Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees.",
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        "Assisting sight, like a lens etc."
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          "ref": "1833, William Wordsworth, Hope Smiled:",
          "text": "Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Look once more, e're we leave this specular mount.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Offering an expansive view; picturesque."
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        "(poetic) Offering an expansive view; picturesque."
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        "(medicine) Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum."
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          "text": "Look once more, e're we leave this specular mount.",
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        "(poetic) Offering an expansive view; picturesque."
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