facular

English

Etymology

From facula +‎ -ar.

Adjective

facular (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to the faculae.

   facular granules

   facular atmosphere

   facular brightening

   • 1873, Richard A. Proctor, The Borderland of Science: A Series of Familiar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors:

     While we were still far from the place of explosion, and intent on the study of the great facular waves which were passing swiftly beneath us, we suddenly heard a series of explosions so tremendous that we imagined a new eruption was commencing close by.

References

• “facular”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “facular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.