noun
Meaning 1
A bundle or cluster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fascicle
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noun
Meaning 2
A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A discrete section of a book issued or published separately, generally as a temporary measure while the work is in progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing
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Synonyms: serial
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noun
Meaning 6
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fasciculus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nervous tissue, nerve tissue
Narrower terms: fornix, trigonum cerebrale, nerve, nervus
noun
Meaning 7
an installment of a printed work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fascicule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: installment, instalment
History
Etymology
From Latin fasciculus, a diminutive of fascis (“bundle”); see also fasces. Doublet of fasciculus.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fascicle — bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
- German: Faserbündel — bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
- Hungarian: izomköteg — bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
- Hungarian: izomnyaláb — bundle of skeletal muscle fibers
- Spanish: fascículo — bundle of skeletal muscle fibers