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Fascicle

//ˈfæs.ɪ.kəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bundle or cluster.
  2. 2
    a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) wordnet
  3. 3
    A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
  4. 4
    an installment of a printed work wordnet
  5. 5
    A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
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  1. 6
    A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
  2. 7
    A discrete section of a book issued or published separately, generally as a temporary measure while the work is in progress.

    "The OED [Oxford English Dictionary] was initially published in a series of 125 slim fascicles between the years 1884 and 1928. The first complete edition in ten volumes was published in 1928."

Etymology

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

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