fascicle
English
WOTD – 29 June 2006
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muscle fascicles (2)
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fascicles on a pine twig (3)
Etymology
From Latin fasciculus, a diminutive of fascis (“bundle”); see also fasces. Doublet of fasciculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæs.ɪ.kəl/
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Noun
fascicle (plural fascicles)
- A bundle or cluster.
- (anatomy) A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
- (botany) A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
- (botany) A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
- (publishing) A discrete section of a book issued or published separately.
- Synonym: serial
- 2005, Donald E. Knuth, MMIX–A RISC Computer for the New Millennium (The Art of Computer Programming), volume 1, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page iii:
- I was inspired to prepare fascicles like this by the example of Charles Dickens, who issued his novels in serial form; he published a dozen installments of Oliver Twist before having any idea what would become of Bill Sikes!
- 2005, Anne Burkus-Chasson, “Visual Hermeneutics and the Act of Turning the Leaf”, in Cynthia Joanne Brokaw; Kai-wing Chow, editors, Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 371:
- The printed book appeared in a variety of forms during the course of its history in China. These included, among others, the “whirlwind” binding (xuanfeng zhuang), […] the “thread” binding (xianzhuang), a technical designation that refers to the silken or cotton filaments used to stitch together folded sheets of paper into fascicles.
Related terms
- fasciculation
Translations
bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
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Further reading
muscle fascicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
fascicle (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fasciculus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fəˈsi.klə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /faˈsi.kle/
Noun
fascicle m (plural fascicles)
- fascicle
Further reading
- “fascicle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “fascicle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fascicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.