specula
- plural of speculum.
Example Sentences
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Adding “Web MD” brought back the same results, albeit staged in doctors’ offices, with lab coats and specula as props.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
The firm also apparently compounded its problems through ill-advised specula tion in the market for Government securities.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had ground two hundred specula before he could get one perfect.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
I constructed several reflecting telescopes, of sizes from 10-inch to 20-inch diameter specula.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel
He would sit down in my workshop, and see me go through the various technical processes of casting, grinding, and polishing specula for reflecting telescopes.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel
