facula

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/ˈfækjʊlə/

noun

A bright spot or patch between sunspots.

Similar
solar facula
OriginLatin facula →
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Meanings

nounfacula (plural faculae)

plural faculae

  1. astronomyA bright spot or patch between sunspots.

    Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]

    c. 1933-1934, Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
solar facula
Broader
spotspeckledapple

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfacula
  2. Latinfacula
  3. Englishfacula

Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).

More words from Latin

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Translations

Arabic صَيْخَد
  • صَيْخَد (ṣayḵad)region on the sun's surface
Catalan fàcula
  • fàcularegion on the sun's surface
Czech fakule
  • fakuleregion on the sun's surface
Esperanto suntorĉo
  • suntorĉoregion on the sun's surface
French facula
  • facularegion on the sun's surface
German Sonnenfackel
  • Sonnenfackelregion on the sun's surface
Italian facula
  • facularegion on the sun's surface
Latin facula
  • facularegion on the sun's surface
Portuguese fácula
  • fácularegion on the sun's surface
Romanian faculă solară
  • faculă solarăregion on the sun's surface
Russian солнечный фа́кел
  • солнечный фа́кел (solnečnyj fákel)region on the sun's surface

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

faucal
Cite this entry
APA

facula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facula

MLA

“facula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facula.

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