different between glob vs speckle

English

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Possibly a blend of blob +? gob or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.)

In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?b/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?b/

Noun

glob (plural globs)

1. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

   He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.

2. (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
3. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

See also

• Glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

1. To stick in globs or lumps.
2. (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

References

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “glob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Blog, GLBO, LGBO, blog

Polish

Etymology

From Latin globus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?p/

Noun

glob m inan

1. planet, globe

Declension

Further reading

• glob in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French globe, from Latin globus.

Noun

glob n (plural globuri)

1. globe (all senses)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

glob c

1. a globe

Declension

Related terms

• global
• jordglob
• Globen = Stockholm Globe Arena

English

Etymology

The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?k?l/

Noun

speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)

1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
2. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
3. (Scotland) Kind; sort.
4. (cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.

   Synonym: splicing speckle

Derived terms

• speckled
• speckly

Translations

Verb

speckle (third-person singular simple present speckles, present participle speckling, simple past and past participle speckled)

1. To mark with speckles.

Translations