facula

faculaMemphis Facula (bottom right) on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, taken byVoyager 2

fac·u·la

F0008500 (făk′yə-lə)n. pl. fac·u·lae (-lē′) Any of various large bright spots or veined patches on the surface of a planet or other solar system body, or on the sun's photosphere.

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[Latin, small torch, diminutive of fax, fac-, torch.]

facula

(ˈfækjʊlə) n, pl -lae (-ˌliː) (Astronomy) any of the bright areas on the sun's surface, usually appearing just before a sunspot and subject to the same 11-year cycle[C18: from Latin: little torch, from fax torch] ˈfacular adj

fac•u•la

(ˈfæk yə lə)

n., pl. -lae (-ˌli) an irregular and unusually bright patch on the sun's surface. [1700–10; < Latin: torch] fac′u•lar, adj.

facula

A large bright spot that appears on the photosphere of the Sun.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	facula - a bright spot on a planetmaculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
	2.	facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspotsmaculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

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