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Meaning of "facula" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FACULA

From Latin: little torch, from fax torch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FACULA

facula  [ˈfækjʊlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACULA

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Facula is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FACULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Facula

A facula, Latin for "little torch", is literally a "bright spot." The term has several common technical uses. It is used in planetary nomenclature for naming certain surface features of planets and moons, and is also a type of surface phenomenon on the Sun. In addition, a bright region in the projected field of a light source is sometimes referred to as a facula, and photographers often use the term to describe bright, typically circular features in photographs that correspond to light sources or bright reflections in a defocused image. Solar faculae are bright spots that form in the canyons between solar granules, short-lived convection cells several thousand kilometers across that constantly form and dissipate over timescales of several minutes. Faculae are produced by concentrations of magnetic field lines. Strong concentrations of faculae appear in solar activity, with or without sunspots. The faculae and the sunspots contribute noticeably to variations in the "solar constant". The chromospheric counterpart of a facular region is called a plage.

Definition of facula in the English dictionary

The definition of facula in the dictionary is any of the bright areas on the sun's surface, usually appearing just before a sunspot and subject to the same 11-year cycle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FACULA


bacula
ˈbækjʊlə
Dracula
ˈdrækjʊlə
facular
ˈfækjʊlə
hibernacula
ˌhaɪbəˈnækjʊlə
intertentacular
ˌɪntətɛnˈtækjʊlə
macula
ˈmækjʊlə
macular
ˈmækjʊlə
oracular
ɒˈrækjʊlə
retinacula
ˌretɪˈnækjʊlə
retinacular
ˌrɛtɪˈnækjʊlə
saccular
ˈsækjʊlə
spectacular
spɛkˈtækjʊlə
spiracula
spaɪˈrækjʊlə
spiracular
spɪˈrækjʊlə
supernacular
ˌsuːpəˈnækjʊlə
sustentacular
ˌsʌstɛnˈtækjʊlə
tabernacular
ˌtæbəˈnækjʊlə
tentacular
tɛnˈtækjʊlə
unspectacular
ˌʌnspɛkˈtækjʊlə
vernacular
vəˈnækjʊlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACULA

factualist
factualistic
factuality
factually
factualness
factum
facture
faculae
facular
facultative
facultatively
faculties
faculty
faculty advisor
Faculty board
Faculty board meeting
faculty lounge
Faculty meeting
Faculty of Advocates
facundity

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACULA

auricula
Canicula
clavicula
corbicula
curricula
cuticula
diverticula
fecula
inocula
matricula
navicula
oscula
receptacula
reticula
specula
tenacula
vesicula
vibracula
vincula
Vulpecula

Synonyms and antonyms of facula in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «facula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACULA

Find out the translation of facula to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of facula from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «facula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光斑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fácula
570 millions of speakers

English

facula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

facula
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

facula إلى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

факельная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

facula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

facula
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

facula
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Facula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Facula
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白斑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

facula
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Facula
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

facula
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

facula
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Facula
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

facula
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

facula
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

facula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

факельна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Facula
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

facula
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

facula
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

facula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

facula
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of facula

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACULA»

The term «facula» is normally little used and occupies the 127.998 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACULA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «facula» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «facula» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about facula

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACULA»

Discover the use of facula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to facula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chromospheric Fine Structure: Symposium No. 56 Held at ...
FINE STRUCTURES E. WIEHR and G. STELLMACHER Universitats-Sternwarte, Gottingen, F.R.G. Abstract In a recent paper Stellmacher and Wiehr (1973) discussed in detail the discrepancies between 'continuum-' and 'line-profile facula ...
R. Grant Athay, 1974
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The Sun and How to Observe It: theoretische, klinische und ...
Often located near and surrounding a sunspot will be a luminous, cloud-like patch or venous streak of material called a facula. Facula (plural is faculae) means literally a bright point. Although all sunspot groups are linked to faculae, not all ...
Jamey L. Jenkins, 2009
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Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World
Facula (bright spots) Named after archipelagi on Earth Antilia Faculae Bazaruto Facula Coats Facula Crete Facula Elba Facula Kerguelen Facula Mindanao Facula Nicobar Faculae Oahu Facula Santorini Facula Shikoku Facula Texel Facula ...
Athena Coustenis, 2008
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Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth General Assembly Prague ...
8S 1. .2H 250 .0 Kerguelen Facula 5 .43 L51 0W 13b .0 Mindanao Facula 6 .63 174 . ... Facula 10 4S 164 1W 28b .0 Sotra Facula 12 . 5S 39 . 8W 23b .0 Texel Facula 11 .6S 182 . 6W 190 .0 Tortola Facula 8 ,s:i 143 1W 6b . 0 Vis Facula 7 ...
Karel A. van der Hucht, 2008
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Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
... 80 Faculæ Antilia Faculæ 11.0 S 187.0 260 Bazaruto Facula 11.6N 16.1 215 Coats Facula 11.1 S 29.2 80 Crete Facula 9.4N 150.1 680 Elba Facula 10.8 S 1.2 250 Kerguelen Facula 5.4S 151.0 135 Mindanao Facula 6.6 S 174.2 210 Niobar  ...
Patrick Moore, Robin Rees, 2011
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Titan from Cassini-Huygens
Informal nick name Antilia Faculae Antillia, mythical Atlantic archipelago –11.0 187.0 Bazaruto Facula Bazaruto, Mozambique island 11.6 16.1 Coats Facula Coats Island, Canada –11.1 29.2 Crete Facula Crete, Greek island 9.4 150.1 Elba ...
Robert Hanbury Brown, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, John H. Waite, 2009
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The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged ...
And such Spots, I have farther observed, do seldom turn to Facula, as they commonly do when longer on the Sun. • . Again, May 5, 1705, I could perceive two Spurs or Branches (running from a S^bt) to change, and be sometimes darker, ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1749
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Handbook of Practical Astronomy
The combination of Fw and Fwo leads to the daily sum of facula areas F: F = Fw + Fwo . AccordingtoevaluationsofobservationsbyDelfs F isclearlyrelatedtothesunspotnum- ber R. As expected, the main reason for this is the relation of Fw to the ...
Günter D. Roth, 2009
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A Synopsis of American Fossil Bryozoa, Including ...
SCEPTROPORA Ulrich. Genotype: Sceptropora facula Ulrich. 1888. Sceptropora. Ulrich, American Geologist, I, p. 228. 1889. Sceptropora. Ulrich, Contr. Micro-Pal. Cambro-Sil., Part II, p. 46. 1889. Sceptropora. Miller, North American Geol.
John Milton Nickles, Ray Smith Bassler, 1900
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Atlas of the Galilean Satellites
Name Latitude Longitude Satellite Quadrangle Plate Nidaba 17.7 123.2 Ganymede Memphis Facula Jg7 Nidi 66.4 94.9 Callisto Gipul Catena Jc1 Nigirsu À58.2 320.5 Ganymede Namtar Jg14 Nile Montes 52.07 250.02 Io Lei-Kung Fluctus Ji4 ...
Paul Schenk, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term facula is used in the context of the following news items.
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May 2015 Real Estate Broker Board Exam Results
475 BACLAAN, GWEEN FACULA 476 BACOLOT, CHRISTIAN CLARAVALL 477 BACUAJON, ROMMEL RABAGO 478 BACULI, RAPHAEL ... «Zeibiz, May 15»
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8 Luisita farmers arrested
The bulldozing team also dismissed the authority of local officials, like Tarlac City Councilor Emmy Ladera-Facula, who went to the hacienda to ... «ABS CBN News, Dec 13»
3
Saturn's Moon Titan May Have Active Ice Volcanoes, Cryovolcanic …
Sotra Patera, formerly known as Sotra Facula, has been previously pegged as an ice volcano by NASA in 2010 as the area features two peaks, ... «International Business Times, Sep 13»
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Planetary science: Caught in the act
... which lies beside the moon's deepest known pit in a region called Sotra Facula. Rosaly Lopes, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion ... «Nature.com, Jan 13»
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Saturn's Moon Titan May Not Have Ice Volcanoes After All
The scientists pointed to a region near a Titan landform called Sotra Facula, which appeared to have three large conical features with material ... «Space.com, Apr 11»
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Tortula Facula
These side-by-side images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the feature named Tortola Facula on Saturn's moon Titan. The left ... «NASA, Apr 11»
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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the man NDC love to Hate
An Akufo Addo Presidency would stretch and extend the radius of the facula President Kufuor has established in eight years so he must be ... «Modern Ghana, Apr 11»
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Valencia is burning
A falla, after which the fiesta takes its name (from the Latin facula, “torch”), is a brightly painted and often gaudy statue made of wood, foam and ... «Financial Times, Mar 11»
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Ice Volcanoes on Titan
“When we look at our new 3-D map of Sotra Facula on Titan, we are struck by its resemblance to volcanoes like Mt. Etna in Italy, Laki in Iceland ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Dec 10»
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Ice Volcano Identified on Titan
Clip is based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and shows a flyover of an area of Saturn's moon Titan known as Sotra Facula. Scientists believe Sotra is ... «Big Think, Dec 10»

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