How do you use Specularly in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Specularly meaning
In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
Using Specularly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
- In the example corpus, specularly often appears in combinations such as: specularly reflected.
Context around Specularly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Specularly
- In this selection, "specularly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, light and reflected stand out and add context to how "specularly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost all specularly reflected sunlight and because light specularly reflected from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "specularly" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with specularly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the picture on the left, the horizontally oriented polarizer preferentially transmits those reflections; rotating the polarizer by 90° (right) as one would view using polarized sunglasses blocks almost all specularly reflected sunlight. (33 words)
Because light specularly reflected from water does not usually reach the viewer, water is usually considered to have a very low albedo in spite of its high reflectivity at high angles of incident light. (34 words)
Because light specularly reflected from water does not usually reach the viewer, water is usually considered to have a very low albedo in spite of its high reflectivity at high angles of incident light. (34 words)
In the picture on the left, the horizontally oriented polarizer preferentially transmits those reflections; rotating the polarizer by 90° (right) as one would view using polarized sunglasses blocks almost all specularly reflected sunlight. (33 words)
Example sentences (2)
Because light specularly reflected from water does not usually reach the viewer, water is usually considered to have a very low albedo in spite of its high reflectivity at high angles of incident light.
In the picture on the left, the horizontally oriented polarizer preferentially transmits those reflections; rotating the polarizer by 90° (right) as one would view using polarized sunglasses blocks almost all specularly reflected sunlight.
Common combinations with specularly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: