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The word fascicle derives from the Latin fascis ("bundle"). Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A statue of Cincinnatus resigning from dictatorship by returning the Roman fasces Fasces (the plural, almost a plurale tantum, of the Latin word fascis, bundle) symbolise summary power and jurisdiction. ...

  • Fascicles are the sections of a book, usually a reference work, that because of its length, is issued in parts so that the information may be made available to the public as soon as possible rather than waiting years or decades to complete the entire work. The Oxford English Dictionary was published in fascicles over many years, as was the Dictionary of American English.
  • A fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
  • The bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines

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In vivo determination of fascicle curvature in contracting human skeletal muscles -- Muramatsu et al. 92 (1): 129 -- ... (3091 words)
The fascicle was assumed to be the arc (29, 32,
L3 corresponds to the tangent of the fascicle at P2, which is the intersection made by the fascicle and the superficial aponeurosis.
of the fascicle curvature on the estimation of the fascicle length.
Encyclopedia: Fascicle (240 words)
The term, fascicle, is derived from the Latin word for "a bundle",
Fascicles, can refer to sections of a book, usually a reference work, that because of its length, is issued in parts so that the information may be made available to the public as soon as possible rather than waiting years or decades to complete the entire work.
Fascicle may also mean a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
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