from http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Main Entry: fas·ci·cle
Pronunciation: 'fa-si-k&l
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis
Date: 15th century
1 : a small or slender bundle (as of pine needles or nerve
fibers)
2 : one of the divisions of a book published in parts
slightly more understandable :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Sauke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 3:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Link from Knuth's Home Page
>
> Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
> >What the devil is a "fascicle"?
>
> My first thought was "Why not just look it up in the dictionary?"
> I was amused that my Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary's first
> definition
> of fascicle is "an inflorescence consisting of a compacted cyme less
> capitate than a glomerule"
> . . . Okaayyyy
>
> Todd Sauke
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