SPECULUM METAL

Definition: SPECULUM METAL

SPECULUM METAL

1. A hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: SPECULUM METAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-l-m-m-p-s-t-u-u"
	-4 letters: cellmates, cumulates, malemutes, peculates, plumelets, scutellum, speculate.
	-5 letters: amputees, calumets, capelets, cellmate, cumulate, cupulate, custumal, emplaces, emulates, epaulets, malemute, muscatel, peculate, plumelet, plummets, plumules, scutella, speculum, ululates.
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