fas·ci·cle (f s  -k l)n. 1. A small bundle. 2. One of the parts of a book published in separate sections. Also called fascicule. 3. Botany A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves. 4. See fasciculus. [Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis, bundle.] fas ci·cled adj. |
fascicle [ˈfæsɪkəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Also called fasciculus Anatomy a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name for fascicule
4. any small bundle or cluster
[from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle]
fascicled adj
fascicular [fəˈsɪkjʊlə], fasciculate [fəˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt -lɪt] adj
fasciculately adv
fasciculation n
| fascicle (fs-kl) A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow. |
fascicle
an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts.
See also: BooksFascicle small bundle or bunch; a tuft or cluster of leaves, etc.
Examples: fascicle of fibres, 1738; of flowers; of hair, 1792; of leaves [pages of a book]; of roots; of virtues, 1622.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | fascicle - an installment of a printed work instalment, installment - a part of a published serial |
| 2. |  fascicle - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)trigonum cerebrale, fornix - an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
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