Reflection, without diffusion, in accordance with the laws of geometrical optics; as in a mirror.
Reflections from a surface that are based on the geometric properties of a wave (no surface phenomenon). May be thought of as associated with a ray which arrives I at a surface at a given angle and bounces forward at the same angle (as a ball would bounce or as light would reflect from a mirror). In contrast, with non-specular reflection, a ray striking a surface at an angle reflects off over a wide range of angles with a wide variety of rays.
Reflection from a smooth surface, in which the light ray leaves at the same angle at which it came in.
When parallel light rays reflect back in parallel light rays (flat mirror)
The process by which incident light is redirected at the specular (mirror) angle.
Reflection from a smooth, shiny surface, as opposed to diffuse reflection.
The reflectance of electromagnetic energy without scattering or diffusion, as from a surface that is smooth in relation to the wavelengths of incident energy; also called mirror reflection.
A reflection from a mirror surface.
The redirection of incident light without diffusion at an angle that is equal to and in the same plane as the angle of incidence. The specular inserts included in Hydrofarm's HID lighting systems work on this principle.
A mirror-like reflection.
The abrupt change in direction of a light beam at an interface between two dissimilar media so that the light beam returns into the medium of origin. Reflection from a smooth surface is specular. Reflection from a rough surface is diffuse.
Reflection of light as in a mirror.
Reflection as from a mirror.
A type of reflection that occurs when light hits a shiny surface. It causes highlights on the object.
parallel incident rays that are reflected parallel from a smooth surface (sometimes called regular reflection).
(n) Light reflecting from a surface at the same angle at which it contacted the surface. With a perfect mirror, 100 percent of the light is reflected in this manner. Specular refections are responsible for highlighting, or hot spots, seen on real objects and rendered models.
Specular reflection is the perfect, mirror-like reflection of light (or sometimes other kinds of wave) from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction is reflected into a single outgoing direction. Such behaviour is described by the law of reflection, which states that the direction of outgoing reflected light and the direction of incoming light make the same angle with respect to the surface normal; this is commonly stated as \theta _i = \theta _r.