FASCICLE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fascicle mean? 

• FASCICLE (noun)
  The noun FASCICLE has 2 senses:

1. an installment of a printed work
2. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

  Familiarity information: FASCICLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASCICLE (noun)

Meaning:

An installment of a printed work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fascicle; fascicule

Hypernyms ("fascicle" is a kind of...):

installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)

Meaning:

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle; fascicle

Hypernyms ("fascicle" is a kind of...):

nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fascicle"):

fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Holonyms ("fascicle" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)