fascicle

[ fas-i-kuhl ]

noun

1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
3. Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
4. Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.

fascicle

/ ˈfæsɪkəl; fəˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt; fəˈsɪkjʊlə; -lɪt /

noun

1. a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
2. Also calledfasciculus anatomy a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
3. printing another name for fascicule
4. any small bundle or cluster

fascicle

/ făs′ĭ-kəl /

1. A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow.

Derived Forms

• ˈfascicled, adjective
• fasˈciculately, adverb
• fasˌcicuˈlation, noun
• fascicular, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fascicle¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis; fasces, -cle ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fascicle¹

C15: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle

Example Sentences

All the species of this section, except P. Nelsonii, have deciduous fascicle-sheaths.

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The measures in use were of a very primitive description, chiefly the fascicle and the pugil.

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The luminous fascicle emanating from the source reflected by the mirror is thrown vertically.

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The fascicle, at a distance of about fifty feet, meets a white balloon which it renders visible from every point in the horizon.

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The collar with a dark area ventrad and also dorsad of the fascicle.

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