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Meaning of "specularity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPECULARITY

specularity  [ˌspɛkjʊˈlærɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECULARITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Specularity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPECULARITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Specularity

Specularity is the visual appearance of specular reflections. In computer graphics, it means the quantity used in three-dimensional rendering which represents the amount of specular reflectivity a surface has. It is a key component in determining the brightness of specular highlights, along with shininess to determine the size of the highlights. It is frequently used in real-time computer graphics where the mirror-like specular reflection of light from other surfaces is often ignored, and the specular reflection of light directly from point light sources is modelled as specular highlights.

Definition of specularity in the English dictionary

The definition of specularity in the dictionary is the state of resembling a mirror.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPECULARITY


angularity
ˌæŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
bipolarity
ˌbaɪpəʊˈlærɪtɪ
capillarity
ˌkæpɪˈlærɪtɪ
cellularity
ˌseljʊˈlærɪtɪ
circularity
ˌsɜːkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
dissimilarity
ˌdɪsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ
granularity
ˌɡrænjʊˈlærɪtɪ
hilarity
hɪˈlærɪtɪ
insularity
ˌɪnsjʊˈlærɪtɪ
irregularity
ɪˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
jocularity
ˌdʒɒkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
modularity
ˌmɒdjʊˈlærɪtɪ
molarity
mɒˈlærɪtɪ
muscularity
ˌmʌskjʊˈlærɪtɪ
particularity
pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
polarity
pəʊˈlærɪtɪ
popularity
ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ
regularity
ˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
singularity
ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
vascularity
ˌvæskjʊˈlærɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECULARITY

spectroscopist
spectroscopy
spectrum
spectrum analyser
spectrum analysis
specula
specular
specularly
speculate
speculation
speculatist
speculative
speculative fiction
speculatively
speculativeness
speculator
speculatory
speculatrice
speculum
speculum metal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECULARITY

authority
charity
clarity
collinearity
complementarity
disparity
familiarity
interdisciplinarity
linearity
multicollinearity
nonlinearity
osmolarity
parity
peculiarity
planarity
rarity
registered charity
similarity
solidarity
unfamiliarity
vulgarity

Synonyms and antonyms of specularity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «specularity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECULARITY

Find out the translation of specularity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of specularity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «specularity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

镜面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

especularidad
570 millions of speakers

English

specularity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

specularity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنعكاسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зеркальность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

specularity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

specularity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spécularité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spekulasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鏡面性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반사도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Specularity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

specularity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

specularity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पेक्युलॅरिटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

specularity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

specularità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

specularity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дзеркальність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

specularitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατοπτρικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

specularity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

specularity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Speiln
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of specularity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULARITY»

The term «specularity» is normally little used and occupies the 129.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULARITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «specularity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «specularity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about specularity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECULARITY»

Discover the use of specularity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to specularity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sites of the Uncanny: Paul Celan, Specularity and the Visual ...
Thisis the first book-length study that examines Celan s impact on visual culture.
Eric Kligerman, 2007
2
Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow
(1984) introduced an empirical parameter, known as the specularity coefficient, to quantify the nature of particle–wall collisions. A value of zero for the specularity coefficient implies specular collisions (which can be expected with smooth ...
Andrea Prosperetti, Grétar Tryggvason, 2007
3
LIGHTWAVE V9 TEXTURING
Essentially, in real life, specularity is the reflection of any light sources that are illuminating the object, and is actually a shortened term, the full term being specular reflection. If we were to zoom in really closely on a highlight on a surface, we ...
Angel Nieves, 2010
4
Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
Specularity. and. engulTment. Francis. Ford. Coppola. and. Bram. 8toker's. Dracula. Thomas. Elsaesser. New. Hollywood. When looking to define post - classical Hollywood, one could do worse than take the current American cinema's most ...
STEVE NEALE, Murray Smith, 2013
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The Sex of Things: Gender and Consumption in Historical ...
Grandville here explicitly and literally renders the aggressively phallicized terms of the male gaze while situating it within the historic and material specificity of the social and cultural spaces where feminine specularity was both promoted and ...
Victoria De Grazia, Ellen Furlough, 1996
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The Use of Artificial Satellites for Geodesy
Soren W. Henriksen, Bernard H. Chovitz, Armando Mancini. Visual Spectral Band 3 4 Years in Orbit Fig. 2. Specularity values for Pageos and Echo 1 as a function of time in orbit. P. 20L, n (V,V-0 a v-20 <> B pi I. Rc can be obtained from a ...
Soren W. Henriksen, Bernard H. Chovitz, Armando Mancini, 1972
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Photography: The Concise Guide
Specularity The light from a heavily overcast sky differs from direct sunlight in ways other than lighting contrast. Direct sun, especially in an area with exceptionally clear atmosphere, produces distinct, sharp-edged shadows and small, harsh ...
Bruce Warren, 2003
8
Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting
The Reflection Specularity attribute (also found in a material's Raytrace Options section) controls the contribution of specular highlights to reflections. For example, in Figure 11-7 a car rim is assigned to two materials. The spokes are assigned ...
Lee Lanier, 2011
9
Mastering Autodesk Maya 2014: Autodesk Official Press
The Subsurface Specularity attributes provide a number of ways to control how the skin of your character reflects the lights in the scene. The giraffe is covered in fur. It still has specularity, but it reacts very differently than bare skin. The giraffe's  ...
Todd Palamar, 2013
10
Mastering Autodesk Maya 2012
The Subsurface Specularity attributes provide a number of ways to control how the skin of your character reflects the lights in the scene. The giraffe is covered in fur. It still has specularity, but it reacts very differently than bare skin. The giraffe's  ...
Todd Palamar, Eric Keller, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECULARITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term specularity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Using Lighting to Emphasize a Portrait Subject's Eyes
If you're using constant lighting, a light panel of some sort can work but you may want to add something silver to add specularity. In general, white or silver light ... «The Phoblographer, Jul 15»
2
The reconstruction of Lara Croft
"We have specific cinematic eye shaders that we use as well, so we can control the specularity, the direction of the light, the substance of the eyes," says Yu. «Polygon, Jul 15»
3
Specular lightmaps to define material's shininess
... i see around are coloured? I thought they should be in 8-bit greyscale to indicate just how shiny the material is (0=no shininess, 255=maximum specularity). «GameDev.net, Jun 15»
4
Age of Ultron: How Industrial Light & Magic built a robotic killing …
So when you play him in the dark aspects of the film, where there's not a lot of light — there was a lot of specularity to a lot of the detail that we made, that you ... «The Verge, May 15»
5
Defining PBR (Physically-Based Rendering) Graphics with Crytek …
To achieve its photorealistic promises, PBR employs mathematical equations that determine how a light source will diffuse (diffusion) or reflect (specularity) ... «GamersNexus, Mar 15»
6
Peter Plantec's Entirely Biased Golden Pixie Awards, Part Three
The original photo becomes the diffuse map, and the program somehow figures out an excellent displacement map, ambient occlusion map, specularity map ... «Studio Daily, Sep 14»
7
MAXON Announces Availability of Cinema 4D Release 16
... channel for multi-layered reflections and specularity. Release 16 reinforces MAXON's commitment to provide creative professionals with stability, performance, ... «Animation World Network, Sep 14»
8
Maxon Reveals Feature Set for Cinema 4D R16
Updates to the rendering workflow include a new Reflectance channel for increased control over reflections and specularity, a new effects render engine that ... «Studio Daily, Aug 14»
9
MAXON Unveils Robust Cinema 4D Release 16 (R16)
Reflectance Channel – Added control over reflections and specularity within a single new channel, with multiple layers for creating complex surfaces. «Animation World Network, Aug 14»
10
'The Witcher 3' Gameplay Presentation
The specularity on even the horse's hair is enough impress. It rivals even the most impressive, super-modded Skyrim. CD Projekt Red has polished the ... «Big Shiny Robot!, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Specularity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/specularity>. Apr 2024 ».
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