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Webster 1913 Edition
faculae
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fac′u-læ
,Noun.
pl.
[L., pl.
of facula
a little torch.] (Astron.)
Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the
photosphere
. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.