Fascicle

Word FASCICLE
Character 8
Hyphenation fas ci cle
Pronunciations /ˈfæsɪkəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Fascicle"

What do we mean by fascicle?

A small bundle. noun

One of the parts of a book published in separate sections. noun

A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves. noun

A bundle; a small collection or connected group; a cluster. noun

In mosses, the tissue of elongated cells taking the place of fibrovascular bundles in the nerves, etc. noun

In zoology and anatomy, a fasciculus. noun

A part of a printed work: a small number of printed or written sheets bound together. Also, in all senses, fasciculus. noun

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster. noun

One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus. noun

A bundle or cluster. noun

: A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue. noun

: A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines. noun

: A discrete bundle of vascular tissue. noun

A discrete section of a book issued or published separately. noun

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) noun

An installment of a printed work noun

A bundle or cluster.

A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.

A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.

A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.

A discrete section of a book issued or published separately.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fascicle

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The word "fascicle" in example sentences

This 2006 photograph depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was in the process of beginning the process of acquiring a blood meal from its human host, after having penetrated the skin surface with the sharply-pointed "fascicle". ❋ Unknown (2010)

OED1 has the word, but the first fascicle of the OED was published in 1884, probably three years after this little book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Working as quickly as Murray and his sub-editors and assistants could do — often 13 hours a day, it was nevertheless five years before the first published fascicle (A-Ant) came from the press in 1884, a “slender, somewhat undistinguished-looking paperback book,” the first of 128 such fascicles that would make up the entire dictionary. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Each town is published separately as a fascicle or folder and includes a series of maps complemented by a detailed text section. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The arrogance of such logic is at best questionable and at worst fascicle. ❋ Martyn Daniels (2008)

A fascicle marked very distinctly “1” caught my attention, and I took it up. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

I put down the last fascicle of all, and met his friendly eyes. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

Obs. exc. dial. (ovest); in the century since then (the fascicle Outjet-Ozyat appeared in January 1904) they not only added the second dialect citation, they decided (quite rightly) that it should be entered under the modern spelling. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I assume "Mr. Blyth" is Edward Blyth, among other things curator of the zoological museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; since he died in 1873, over thirty years before the relevant fascicle of the OED appeared, he wouldn't have been available for questioning, but he surely didn't make the word up out of thin air. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The information is sketchy, and for most Chen gives little more than a name. 107 Fascicle 59, on the five sons of Sun Quan who did not rule (Sun Liang and Sun Xiu, having been rulers, share a separate fascicle with Sun Hao, the final ruler of Wu), differs somewhat because the mothers of these five are covered in Fascicle 50. ❋ Unknown (1999)

"This would be Mr. Jorn Birn," the Director said, looking up from a fascicle of papers elaborately fastened inside a crimson folder. ❋ Blish, James (1960)

The range of the concentrated fascicle is about 86,000 feet. ❋ Various (N/A)

The first of these, which is plane and simple, is used when it is desired to give the fascicle all the concentration possible; the other, which consists of cylindrical lenses, spreads the fascicle horizontally, so as to make it cover a wider space. ❋ Various (N/A)

Sometimes, on the other hand, _Danaë_ has a fascicle of flowers inserted on the middle of the upper surface, as in _Ruscus_. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

By revolving the mirror 90° around its horizontal axis the fascicle becomes horizontal, and may thus be thrown in a given direction at unequal intervals and during irregular times, and furnish conventional signs. ❋ Various (N/A)

The luminous fascicle emanating from the source reflected by the mirror is thrown vertically. ❋ Various (N/A)

The masses are often evenly and longitudinally striated by a kind of columnar structure, exhibiting a fascicle of small prisms; and some of these prisms ending sooner than others, give a broken termination of great beauty, similar to our form of the emblem of 'the order of the star.' ❋ Various (N/A)

The fascicle of light that it emits has a perfect concentration. ❋ Various (N/A)

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