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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a small contrasting part of something;
- Example: "a bald spot"
- Example: "a leopard's spots"
- Example: "a patch of clouds"
- Example: "patches of thin ice"
- Example: "a fleck of red"
[syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]

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



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]