Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding in faculæ: applied to regions of the solar surface where they are numerous.
- Of the nature of faculæ.
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Examples
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Their entire radiating surfaces might be described as _faculous_.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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They found that of 1,137 instances of spots accompanied by faculæ, 584 had those faculæ chiefly or entirely on the left, 508 showed a nearly equal distribution, while 45 only had faculous appendages mainly on the right side. [
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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