What does speckle mean?

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ˈspɛk əlspeck·le

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculationverb

    a small contrasting part of something

    "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

  2. stipple, speckleverb

    produce a mottled effect

    "The sunlight stippled the trees"

  3. speckle, bespeckleverb

    mark with small spots

    "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"

Wiktionary

  1. specklenoun

    A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.

  2. specklenoun

    The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.

  3. speckleverb

    To mark with speckles.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Specklenoun

    Small speck; little spot.

    Etymology: from speck.

  2. To Speckleverb

    To mark with small spots.

    Etymology: from the noun

    So dreadfully he towards him did pass,
    Forelifting up aloft his speckled breast,
    And often bounding on the bruised grass,
    As for great joy of his new comen guest. Fairy Queen.

    Speckl’d vanity
    Will sicken soon and die,
    And leprous sin will melt from earthly mould. John Milton.

    Saw’st thou not late a speckl’d serpent rear
    His gilded spires to climb on yon fair tree?
    Before this happy minute I was he. Dryden.

    The smiling infant in his hand shall take
    The crested basilisk and speckled snake;
    Pleas’d the green lustre of the scales survey,
    And with their forky tongue and pointless sting shall play. Alexander Pope, Messiah.

    The tortoise here and elephant unite,
    Transform’d to combs, the speckl’d and the white. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. speckle

    Speckle is a granular interference pattern typically produced as a result of random interference of light waves. Seen in various fields such as astronomy, physics, and medical imaging, speckle patterns can result from reflected light on a rough or irregular surface or in turbulent air. The pattern is dependent on the wavelength of the light and the surface structure or medium through which it has passed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Specklenoun

    a little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself

  2. Speckleverb

    to mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface

  3. Etymology: [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Speckle

    spek′l, n. a little speck or spot in anything different in substance or colour from the thing itself: (Scot.) kind, sort.—v.t. to mark with speckles.—adj. Speck′led, variegated, piebald.—n. Speck′ledness.—adjs. Speck′less, spotless, perfectly clean; Speck′y, partially spotted.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of speckle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of speckle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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