flocculus
noun
flocculi
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pluralof flocculus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then he did the same for variations in the sun's flocculi.
From Time Magazine Archive
They develop just after the sun's surface shows "calcium flocculi": a nubbly appearance that signals an unusually large output of ultraviolet light.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is usually in flocculi, but sometimes in fragments large enough to form a continuous membrane.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In a concentrating nebula these will, in the majority of cases, eventually coalesce with the larger flocculi near to them.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
The view shows the "rice grain" structure of the photosphere and brilliant calcium flocculi.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
