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Definitions for faculaˈfæk yə lə; -ˌli

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fac•u•laˈfæk yə lə; -ˌli(n.)(pl.)-lae

  1. an irregular and unusually bright patch on the sun's surface.

Origin of facula:

1700–10; < L: torch

fac′u•lar(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. facula(noun)

    a bright spot on a planet

  2. facula(noun)

    a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots

Wiktionary

  1. facula(Noun)

    A bright spot or patch between sunspots

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