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FACULA
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Irregular inflected form: faculae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
Synonyms:
facula; solar facula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("facula" is a kind of...):
dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bright spot on a planet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("facula" is a kind of...):
dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)
