SOLAR FACULA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("solar facula" is a kind of...):

dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)

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