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Facula

//ˈfækjʊlə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bright spot or patch between sunspots.

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

  2. 2
    a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots wordnet
  3. 3
    a bright spot on a planet wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).

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