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speckle Definition

speckle (spek′əl)

noun

a small mark of contrasting color; speck

Etymology: ME spakle, dim. of specke, speck

transitive verb -·led, -·ling

to mark with speckles

speckle Usage Examples

Object

  • moth: Speckled yellow moths are also very numerous at the moment within Warren Glen and Firehills.
  • butterfly: The holly blue butterfly flies in May whilst speckled wood butterflies are common throughout the summer.
  • wood: Butterflies like the speckled wood may also be seen along the edges of the woodland rides in summer.
  • egg: This speckled egg 's dented, spoiled I candle it anyway, a trial.
  • computing: We also have a strategic research grant for speckled computing.
  • bread: Cinnamon Bread Cinnamon flavored wheat dough, mixed with ordinary sourdough for a speckled, fragrant breakfast bread.

Converse of object

reduce: F2 Press to reduce the speckles in an image.

Adjective modifier

  • bright: The brightest speckle was found to decay on similar timescales.
  • black: Typically, this moth is whitish with black speckles and spots all over its wings.
  • white: These little bubbles eventually had other crystals deposited in them to give white speckles in the basalt.
  • few: No signs of edge enhancement; there were signs of light grain at times and a few speckles.
  • dark: The grain may be enhanced by dark speckles of sap.

Modifies a noun

  • interferometry: Future experimental work will include the use of laser speckle interferometry to measure crack closure.
  • imaging: The performance will be very competitive, particularly in crowded fields where other speckle imaging techniques give relatively poor performance.
  • pattern: Any deformation of the surface results in a change of the speckle pattern.
  • noise: An important aspect of spatial compounding is its ability to reduce speckle noise to improve image quality.
  • reduction: Speckle reduction filtering consists of moving a small window of a few pixels in dimension ( e.g.

Noun used with modifier

laser: Future experimental work will include the use of laser speckle interferometry to measure crack closure.

Preposition: in

image: F2 Press to reduce the speckles in an image.

Preposition: with

spot: As a result the leaves become speckled with pale spots.