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Facula

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Noun

1. facula

a bright spot on a planet

2. facula

a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Facula

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noun plural -lae (-ˌliː)
any of the bright areas on the sun's surface, usually appearing just before a sunspot and subject to the same 11-year cycle

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Facula

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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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