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Definition of Facular
1. a. Of or pertaining to the faculæ.
Definition of Facular
1. Adjective. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the faculae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Facular
1. facula [adj] - See also: facula
Medical Definition of Facular
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Facular
Literary usage of Facular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1882)
"The facular matter separating the small black holes is greatly stretched during this
... The spots thus made visible are soon freed from the facular masses, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"On the right the boundary was gently convex; parallel to it was a bright facular
tract of uniform breadth ; this was margined on the right by a nearly ..."
3. The Observatory (1907)
"With regard to the absorption-line being found over facular areas, ... I first
thought it might depend on the brilliancy of facular veins, and not until ..."
4. Problems in Astrophysics by Agnes Mary Clerke (1903)
"A single recurrent modification is, however, just traceable. It is that produced
by the emergence, at maximum, of the facular bright lines H and K. Pro ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Professor Hale's progressive methods of solar research will soon give us large
accumulations of facular observations, from which the ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... that sun-spots are depressions in the sun's atmosphere ; the facular appendages
were shown to occupy a higher position, and in most cases to lag behind ..."
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