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Definition of Specula
1. speculum [n] - See also: speculum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Specula
Literary usage of Specula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"All of these plans are open to the objection that the specula, when thus ...
Many specula have been mounted by this method, up to 10 inches diameter, ..."
2. Manual of Gynecology by David Berry Hart, Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour (1883)
"We take up the consideration of four typical specula, viz. ... Each instrument
in reality consists of two specula, which are of different size and connected ..."
3. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"I. MIRRORS AND specula. 415. Mirrors are solid bodies bounded by regular surfaces,
... specula are metallic reflectors, having a highly polished surface. ..."
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