speckle pattern


nounAstronomy.
  1. the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth's atmosphere.

Origin of speckle pattern

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby speckle pattern

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024