Meanings
mura1
- uncountableNonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
Software Simulates Sight: Flat Panel Mura Detection
NASA Scientific and Technical Information, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716051258/http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/Spinoff2008/ct_7.html1 more example
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&s1=5917935.PN.&OS=PN/5917935&RS=PN/5917935 - uncountablebusinessA form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.
Mura2
- One of the statistical regions of Slovenia.
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Origin
mura · noun
- Japanese斑
- Englishmura
From Japanese 斑 (mura, literally “blemish, fluctuation”).
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- SloveneMura
- EnglishMura
Borrowed from Slovene Mura.
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- ItalianMura
- EnglishMura
Borrowed from Catalan, French and Italian Mura.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French mura
- muraluminance non-uniformity
Japanese むら
- むらluminance non-uniformity
Korean 얼룩
- 얼룩 (eolluk)luminance non-uniformity
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Cite this entry
mura. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mura
“mura.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mura. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mura,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mura.
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