fascicle

English

WOTD – 29 June 2006

muscle fascicles (2)

fascicles on a pine twig (3)

Etymology

From Latin fasciculus, a diminutive of fascis (“bundle”); see also fasces. Doublet of fasciculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæs.ɪ.kəl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fascicle (plural fascicles)

1. A bundle or cluster.
2. (anatomy) A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
3. (botany) A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
4. (botany) A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
5. (publishing) A discrete section of a book issued or published separately, generally as a temporary measure while the work is in progress.

   Synonym: serial

   • 2005, Donald E. Knuth, MMIX–A RISC Computer for the New Millennium (The Art of Computer Programming), volume 1, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page iii:

     I was inspired to prepare fascicles like this by the example of Charles Dickens, who issued his novels in serial form; he published a dozen installments of Oliver Twist before having any idea what would become of Bill Sikes!

   • 2005, Anne Burkus-Chasson, “Visual Hermeneutics and the Act of Turning the Leaf”, in Cynthia Joanne Brokaw, Kai-wing Chow, editors, Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 371:

     The printed book appeared in a variety of forms during the course of its history in China. These included, among others, the “whirlwind” binding (xuanfeng zhuang), […] the “thread” binding (xianzhuang), a technical designation that refers to the silken or cotton filaments used to stitch together folded sheets of paper into fascicles.

Related terms

• fasciculation

Translations

bundle of skeletal muscle fibers

• Catalan: fascicle m
• German: Faserbündel n
• Hungarian: izomköteg, izomnyaláb (hu) sg
• Spanish: fascículo (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} fascicule (fr) m

Further reading

• muscle fascicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fascicle (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasciculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈsi.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈsi.kle]

Noun

fascicle m (plural fascicles)

1. fascicle

Further reading

• “fascicle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fascicle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fascicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.