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Definition of fascicle in English: fasciclenoun ˈfasɪk(ə)lˈfæsək(ə)l 1A separately published instalment of a book or other printed work. (书刊的)分卷,分册 Example sentencesExamples - It is therefore no surprise to find that the manuscript, more technically known as the ‘eleventh fascicle of Wi’ used in this recording originated in Paris around the year 1230.
- It was agreed that the work would take ten years to complete, be published at intervals in fascicles, and in its final form would consist of four volumes of some 6,400 pages.
- We have also published two new fascicules from the series.
- Well, what I do is to take my pen-knife and slit the whole book up into forty or so fascicles.
- When the last fascicle was published in April 1928, it completed a ten-volume dictionary documenting over 400,000 words and phrases.
2Anatomy Biology A bundle of structures, such as nerve or muscle fibres or conducting vessels in plants. 〔剖,生〕(神经、肌纤维、植物导管的)束 Example sentencesExamples - The medial longitudinal fasciculus occupies its characteristic paramedian position.
- Bundles of nerve fibers serving a common function and sharing a common origin and destination are grouped together in tracts or fasciculi.
- Accessory fasciculi vary markedly in their origin and termination.
- An extra fasciculus from the clavicle is found in 3% of individuals.
- As it pursues its arched course, the superior longitudinal fasciculus gathers and sheds nerve fibers from various cortical areas, and so links them to each other.
Synonyms bunch, roll, clump, wad, parcel, packet, package, pack, sheaf, bale, bolt, truss, faggot
OriginLate 15th century (in sense 2): from Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis 'bundle'. Definition of fascicle in US English: fasciclenounˈfasək(ə)lˈfæsək(ə)l 1A separately published installment of a book or other printed work. (书刊的)分卷,分册 Example sentencesExamples - It is therefore no surprise to find that the manuscript, more technically known as the ‘eleventh fascicle of Wi’ used in this recording originated in Paris around the year 1230.
- We have also published two new fascicules from the series.
- It was agreed that the work would take ten years to complete, be published at intervals in fascicles, and in its final form would consist of four volumes of some 6,400 pages.
- Well, what I do is to take my pen-knife and slit the whole book up into forty or so fascicles.
- When the last fascicle was published in April 1928, it completed a ten-volume dictionary documenting over 400,000 words and phrases.
2Anatomy Biology A bundle of structures, such as nerve or muscle fibers or conducting vessels in plants. 〔剖,生〕(神经、肌纤维、植物导管的)束 Example sentencesExamples - Bundles of nerve fibers serving a common function and sharing a common origin and destination are grouped together in tracts or fasciculi.
- An extra fasciculus from the clavicle is found in 3% of individuals.
- The medial longitudinal fasciculus occupies its characteristic paramedian position.
- Accessory fasciculi vary markedly in their origin and termination.
- As it pursues its arched course, the superior longitudinal fasciculus gathers and sheds nerve fibers from various cortical areas, and so links them to each other.
Synonyms bunch, roll, clump, wad, parcel, packet, package, pack, sheaf, bale, bolt, truss, faggot
OriginLate 15th century (in fascicle (sense 2)): from Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis ‘bundle’. |