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FACULA (faculae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does facula mean?
• FACULA (noun)
The noun FACULA has 2 senses:
1. a bright spot on a planet
2. a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
Familiarity information: FACULA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bright spot on a planet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("facula" is a kind of...):
dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
facula; solar facula
Hypernyms ("facula" is a kind of...):
dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)
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