A fascicle is a small bundle (like pine needles) or a division of a book published in parts.
Fascicle refere-se a um pequeno feixe (como de agulhas de pinheiro) ou a uma divisão de um livro publicado em partes.
| Front | fascicle \FASS-ih-kul\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A small or slender bundle (as of pine needles or nerve fibers). 2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts. ["Fascicle," which has been a part of our language since the 15th century, is one of a bundle of words derived from Latin "fascis," meaning "bundle." In book publishing, "fascicle" and its variants "fascicule" and "fasciculus" can all be used for one of the installments of a voluminous work; "fasciculus" can also be used for a bundle of anatomical fibers. "Fasciitis" is an inflammation of a "fascia," which is a sheet of tissue connecting muscles. You can also have a case of "fasciculation," or muscular twitching. Other descendants of "fascis" include "fasces" (a bundle of rods and an ax borne before ancient Roman magistrates as a badge of authority) and "fascine" (a long bundle of sticks of wood bound together).] "It was a word that was due to be included in the dictionary's second fascicle, or part, being readied to be printed and published in the later summer of 1885." |
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