So many come to mind, Doug!

Aberration
Inconsistency
Deviation
Irregularity
Eccentricity
Unconformity
Hillmanite
Non-conformity
Incongruity
Peculiarity
Exception
Departure from normal, or abnormality
Conversation piece
Freak
Objet d'art
Monstrosity
Weird image
Strangeness
Non-typical specimen
Rarity
Oddity
Paulism


-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Help with a Term

Ohhhhhh, I can only imagine the fun of writing a section of IPC-A-610 referring to Obnubilations. Perhaps, since this relates to cloudiness, I could use it when describing coating blush. 

Doug Pauls



From:   Graham Naisbitt <[log in to unmask]>
To:     IPC TechNet Forum <[log in to unmask]>, Doug Pauls 
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Date:   01/06/2014 04:49 PM
Subject:        Re: [TN] Help with  a Term



Hi Doug

An Obnubilation!

Alternatively, an ?Inscrutible Obscurity?

Boringly, an Obscurity...

?but if all else fails, a ?Wachamacallit?.

Graham N


On 6 Jan 2014, at 22:10, Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]>
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> Good afternoon all,
> 
> I need help finding an adequate term for something, so I thought I 
> would

> ask you all.
> 
> If I am inspecting conformal coating, and I see a visual "item of 
> interest", what term generically do I call the "item of interest"?  
> The item of interest may or may not be a defect but it looks visually 
> different than the coating around it.
> 
> I have tried Visual Anomaly, or Visual Artifact, but people here don't 
> seem to like any of them?
> 
> What do y'all think?
> 
> Doug Pauls
> 
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