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A bright spot or patch between sunspots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
a bright spot on a planet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صَيْخَد
(ṣayḵad)
— region on the sun's surface
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Catalan:
fàcula
— region on the sun's surface
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Czech:
fakule
— region on the sun's surface
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Esperanto:
suntorĉo
— region on the sun's surface
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French:
facula
— region on the sun's surface
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German:
Sonnenfackel
— region on the sun's surface
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Italian:
facula
— region on the sun's surface
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Latin:
facula
— region on the sun's surface
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Luxembourgish:
Sonnefakel
— region on the sun's surface
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Macedonian:
факула
(fakula)
— region on the sun's surface
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Portuguese:
fácula
— region on the sun's surface
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Romanian:
faculă solară
— region on the sun's surface
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Russian:
солнечный фа́кел
(solnečnyj fákel)
— region on the sun's surface