单词 | spottedness |
释义 | spottednessn. The quality or state of being spotted; the condition of having spots; esp. (in later use) the relative frequency of sunspots at a given time. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > spotted condition spottedness1611 spottiness1611 nevosity1656 maculation1826 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > condition of being stained or sullied maculation?a1475 stainingc1595 spottedness1611 spottiness1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mouscheture, a spottednesse, or spotting. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 177 We see and feel nothing but fouleness and spottednesse. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Speckledness, Spottedness. 1881 C. A. Young Sun 145 The state of the sun as to spottedness. 1883 Science 2 72/2 A maximum of solar spottedness seems to have passed. 1922 H. P. Hawkins Astron. for Busy People 91 Spottedness..may have regular periods, as that of our own Sun. 2010 E. Gregersen Outer Solar Syst. i. 34/1 The range of brightness variation is closely related to an asteroid's shape or spottedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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