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fas·ci·cle
(făs′ĭ-kəl)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.
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fascicle
(ˈfæsɪkəl)n
1. (Botany) a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
2. (Anatomy) anatomy Also called: fasciculus a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing another name for fascicule
4. any small bundle or cluster
[C15: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle]
ˈfascicled adj
fascicular, fasciculate adj
fasˈciculately adv
fasˌcicuˈlation n
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fas•ci•cle
(ˈfæs ɪ kəl)n.
1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. a close cluster, as of flowers.
3. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
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fascicle
an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts.
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Fascicle
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.
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fascicle
(or fasciculus) A bundle of muscle or nerve fibers.
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Noun | 1. | fascicle - an installment of a printed work instalment, installment - a part of a published serial |
2. | ![]() 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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fascicle
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fas·ci·cle
n. fascículo, haz de fibras musculares y nerviosas.
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