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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maculation

Maculation \Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.] The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
maculation

mid-15c., from Latin maculationem (nominative maculatio), noun of action from past participle stem of maculare (see maculate).

Wiktionary
maculation

n. (context Shakespearian English) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. See (term immaculate English).

WordNet
maculation

  1. n. 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" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck]

  2. the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining, spotting]

Usage examples of "maculation".

It had, however, broad maculations of bluish black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

A hundred kilometres behind her, twenty-seven fusion bombs arrayed in an ammonite maculation detonated simultaneously, throwing up a temporary visual and electronic barrier.