speckle

  • 41speckle — noun a small spot or patch of colour. verb mark with speckles. Derivatives speckled adjective Origin ME: from MDu. spekkel …

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  • 42speckle — noun (plural) small marks or spots covering a background of a different colour …

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  • 43speckle — speck·le …

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  • 44speckle — speck•le [[t]ˈspɛk əl[/t]] n. v. led, ling 1) a small speck, spot, or mark 2) speckled coloring or marking 3) to mark with or as if with speckles • Etymology: 1400–50; prob. < MDspekkel, akin to speck …

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  • 45speckle — /ˈspɛkəl / (say spekuhl) noun 1. a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin. 2. speckled colouring or marking. –verb (t) (speckled, speckling) 3. to mark with, or as with, speckles. {speck1 + le} …

  • 46speckle — n. & v. n. a small spot, mark, or stain, esp. in quantity on the skin, a bird s egg, etc. v.tr. (esp. as speckled adj.) mark with speckles or patches. Etymology: ME f. MDu. spekkel …

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  • 47speckle interferometry — noun Date: 1970 a technique for generating a clear composite image of a celestial object blurred by atmospheric turbulence in which a large number of short exposure photographs are mathematically correlated by a computer …

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  • 48speckle pattern — Astron. the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth s atmosphere. [1960 65] * * * …

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  • 49speckle segregation — Смотри пятнистая ликвация …

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  • 50Speckle Park — /spɛkəl ˈpak/ (say spekuhl pahk) noun one of a breed of British cattle, hardy and tough, with a speckled coat; yielding carcasses with high marbling …