flocculus
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flocculi
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Astronomy. one of the bright or dark patches on the sun's surface, visible in a spectroheliogram.
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a marking on the sun's surface or in its atmosphere, as seen on a spectroheliogram. It consists of calcium when lighter than the surroundings and of hydrogen when darker
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anatomy a tiny ovoid prominence on each side of the cerebellum
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another word for floccule
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Etymology
Origin of flocculus
From New Latin, dating back to 1790–1800; see origin at floccule
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Each flocculus, in describing its course, must give motion to the medium through which it is moving.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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 contains, like these discharges, more or less epithelial flocculi, and generally more than were observed during life in the dejections.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Its most usual and characteristic appearance is that of a grayish liquid containing whitish flocculi.
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
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