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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈfæs.ɪ.kəl/
• ハイフネーション: fas‧cic‧le

名詞

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

   • 1993, Donna Lee Berg, A Guide to the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3:

     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.

   • 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.

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Further reading

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