facula

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facula

/ˈfækjʊlə/

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Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).

noun faculae

A bright spot or patch between sunspots. Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]

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noun region on the sun's surface

Português	fácula
Français	facula
Deutsch	Sonnenfackel
Italiano	facula
Română	faculă solară
Русский	солнечный фа́кел solnečnyj fákel
العربية	صَيْخَد ṣayḵad

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@misc{facula_2026,
  title = {facula},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facula},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}