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mura

/ˈmu.ɹə/

mura noun: nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.

Noun

mura (uncountable)

  1. Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
    • Major classes of LCFPD defects encountered at the final inspection are often pixel defects or wide-area pixel defects (also known as Mura defects).US Patent 5,917,935, Mura detection apparatus and method, 1996 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&...
    • Software Simulates Sight: Flat Panel Mura DetectionNASA Scientific and Technical Information, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716051258/http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/Spinoff2008/ct_7.html
  2. A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mura

Mura

  1. One of the statistical regions of Slovenia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mura

Mura (plural Muras)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mura

Mura

  1. A language of Amazonas, Brazil, whose sole surviving dialect is Pirahã.

Forms of mura

pluralMuras

Origin of mura

From Japanese 斑 (mura, literally “blemish, fluctuation”).

Borrowed from Slovene Mura.

Borrowed from Catalan, French and Italian Mura.

Words that rhyme with mura

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mura

What does mura mean?
Mura means nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
What part of speech is mura?
Mura can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mura?
Mura is pronounced /ˈmu.ɹə/.

Words near mura in the dictionary

  1. muqtar
  2. muqtars
  3. muqti
  4. muqtis
  5. muqueca
  6. mura
  7. muraba
  8. murabaha
  9. murabahah
  10. murabahahs
  11. murabahas

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