Meanings of speculum include:
- Speculum (medical), a medical tool used for examining body cavities. speculum is a medical tool for investigating body cavities with a form dependent on the body cavity for which it is designed
- Speculum metal, an alloy containing copper and tin used for making all-metal mirrors. Speculum metal is a very hard white Alloy of four parts Copper to one part Tin, or according to other sources three parts copper to one part tin some
- A speculum metal mirror used in telescopes or early octants. Speculum metal is a very hard white Alloy of four parts Copper to one part Tin, or according to other sources three parts copper to one part tin some A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. The Octant, also called reflecting quadrant, is a Measuring instrument used primarily in Navigation.
- A mirror, for example, a hand-held bronze mirror used by Etruscan women. The Etruscan Language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria (modern Tuscany plus western
- Speculum feathers, the secondary feathers on the inner part of a duck's wing which are often brightly coloured. The speculum is a patch often distinctly coloured on the inner Remiges of some Birds.
- Speculum (journal), a journal of medieval studies published by the Medieval Academy of America. Speculum is a quarterly journal published by the Medieval Academy of America.
- Ophrys speculum, a species of ground orchid.
- Speculum literature, a genre of medieval literature, has the titles of a number of books including the word speculum. The medieval genre of speculum literature, popular from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries was inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic knowledge within a single
- Specula (mollusc), a genus of gastropod mollusc. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000
- Deth Specula, first band to broadcast audio and video of a live music concert over the Internet
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speculum
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- (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- A mirror.
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