Flocculus [flok-yuh-luhs]  

Flocculus

  [flok-yuh-luhs]
Flocculus can refer to:

  • Flocculus (cerebellar): Either of a pair of small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum, forming part of the vestibular part of the cerebellum.
  • In Astronomical Science: (Solar reference), i.e.; A solar flocculus. Flocculus (pl. flocculi) - A highly illuminated sector or region of a solar surface as seen through observation in monochrome light of a chosen spectral line, in visible, or hyperspectral wavelengths.

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