Fascicle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fascicle
    n 1: an installment of a printed work [syn: {fascicle},
         {fascicule}]
    2: a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) [syn: {fiber
       bundle}, {fibre bundle}, {fascicle}, {fasciculus}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fascicle \Fas"ci*cle\, n. [L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See
   {Fasces}.]
   1. A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a
      fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts;
      fasciculus.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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