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A small contrasting part of something
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maculation
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Word definitions for maculation in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maculation \Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.] The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Shakespearian English) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. See (term immaculate English).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ] the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining , spotting ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin maculationem (nominative maculatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of maculare (see maculate ).
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.