maculation

2 definitions found

maculation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maculation \Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.]
     The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

maculation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  maculation
      n 1: 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, maculation]
      2: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining,
         spotting, maculation]