"facula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfækjʊlə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-facula.wav Forms: faculae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|facula||little torch}} Latin facula (“little torch”) Head templates: {{en-noun|faculae}} facula (plural faculae)
  1. (astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots. Wikipedia link: facula Categories (topical): Astronomy Derived forms: facular Translations (region on the sun's surface): صَيْخَد (ṣayḵad) [masculine] (Arabic), fàcula [feminine] (Catalan), fakule [feminine] (Czech), suntorĉo (Esperanto), facula [feminine] (French), Sonnenfackel [feminine] (German), facula [feminine] (Italian), facula [feminine] (Latin), Sonnefakel [feminine] (Luxembourgish), факула (fakula) [feminine] (Macedonian), fácula [feminine] (Portuguese), faculă solară [feminine] (Romanian), солнечный фа́кел (solnečnyj fákel) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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