The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
spicules
plural of spicule
Source: Wiktionary
Spic"ule, n. Etym: [L. spiculum a little point, a dart.]
1. A minute, slender granule, or point.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Same as Spicula.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
Note: Spicules vary exceedingly in size and shape, and some of those found in siliceous sponges are very complex in structure and elegant in form. They are of great use in classification. Description of the Illustration: a Acerate; b Tricurvate, or Bowshaped; c d Hamate; e Broomshaped; f Scepterellate; g Spinispirulate; h Inequi-anchorate; i Sexradiate; j A Trichite Sheaf; k Six-rayed Capitate; l Rosette of Esperia; m Equi- anchorate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.