speckle

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Reflected, back-scattered photons return from the target object carrying speckle noise, a random type of flaw that occurs in imagery.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2024

On this bright March afternoon, hundreds of colorful wooden fishing boats speckle the crystalline water below as we sail toward Hon Thom Island.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023

But instead of seeking to speckle them with familiar, Earthly worlds, we can give in to the alienation and embrace the loneliness, let it transmute into a new kind of awe.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022

Hot spots continue to speckle the map of the country, many of them in line with low vaccination rates but others in areas where vaccinations are among the highest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

“Please remove this woman,” said another senator, a man with broad, bullish shoulders and a speckle of sweat on his pale skin.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell