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fascicle
[ fas-i-kuhl ]
noun
- a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
- a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
- Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
- Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
fascicle
/ făs′ĭ-kəl /
- A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow.
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Derived Forms
- ˈfascicled, adjective
- fasˌcicuˈlation, noun
- fascicular, adjective
- fasˈciculately, adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fascicle1
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Example Sentences
All the species of this section, except P. Nelsonii, have deciduous fascicle-sheaths.
The measures in use were of a very primitive description, chiefly the fascicle and the pugil.
The luminous fascicle emanating from the source reflected by the mirror is thrown vertically.
The fascicle, at a distance of about fifty feet, meets a white balloon which it renders visible from every point in the horizon.
The collar with a dark area ventrad and also dorsad of the fascicle.
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