FACULAE

FACULA

facula, solar facula

(noun) a large bright spot on the sun’s photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots

facula

(noun) a bright spot on a planet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

faculae

plural of facula

Anagrams

• fæcula

Source: Wiktionary


Fac"u*læ, n. pl. Etym: [L., pl. of facula a little torch.] (Astron.)

Definition: Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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