speckle
English edit
Etymology edit
The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)
- A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
- (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
- (Scotland) Kind; sort.
- (cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.
- Synonym: splicing speckle
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
small spot
physics: random distribution of scattered light
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Verb edit
speckle (third-person singular simple present speckles, present participle speckling, simple past and past participle speckled)
- To mark with speckles.