speckle

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
2. noun The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
3. noun Kind; sort.
4. noun A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.
5. verb To mark with speckles.

Similar words

bespeckle dapple fleck maculation spot stipple patch interferometry beauty spot wingspot

Often followed by

pattern interferometry patterns noise photography and the reduction size

Word family

speckled speckles speckling