English noun: maculation | |||
1. | maculation (attribute) a small contrasting part of something | ||
Samples | A bald spot. A leopard's spots. A patch of clouds. Patches of thin ice. A fleck of red. | ||
Synonyms | dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | marking | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | facula, facula, fret, macula, macula, macule, mock sun, nebula, parhelion, pinpoint, plaque, speck, splash, sundog, sunspot, worn spot | ||
2. | maculation (act) the act of spotting or staining something | ||
Synonyms | spotting, staining | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dirtying, soiling, soilure | ||