resembling, or produced by, a mirror, polished metal plate or other reflector device
Pertaining to highly directional reflection or transmission Specular reflection is usually centered about the mirror direction Specular transmission may be refracted in a new direction or unperturbed Specular interactions usually take place at the surface interface, as opposed to the interior of an object
Glare component of surface properties, making the side directly facing the world light source brighter; similar to diffuse but with a higher threshold Not supported by RenderWare3 because it would require multi-pass rendering, adding properties in multiple passes
specular
Hyphenation
spe·cu·lar
Pronunciation
Etymology
[ 'spe-ky&-l&r ] (adjective.) 1661. Latin specularis of a mirror, from speculum.