spicules in English

noun

1

a minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice.

A general overview on the structural organization of the proteinaceous filament inside spicules is presented.

2

a short-lived, relatively small radial jet of gas in the chromosphere or lower corona of the sun.

Although relatively small compared to full scale solar flares, spicules are interesting for the same reasons: they may contribute to the solar wind.

noun

spiculum

Use "spicules" in a sentence

1. Spicules are visible in the Chromosphere …

2. You are envisioning just one of thousands of young spicules on the active Sun.

3. The Venus' flower basket's wispy Basalia spicules can be seen at the base of the skeleton

4. The deep-sea Venus’s flower-basket uses spicules to weave an intricate glass lattice of spectacular beauty.

5. Many Bedded cherts are made up of the remains of siliceous organisms such as diatoms, radiolarians, or sponge spicules

6. Calcareous sponge, any of a class (Calcarea) of sponges characterized by skeletons composed entirely of calcium carbonate spicules (needlelike structures)

7. These Cherts were formed on sponges and spicules are readily apparent upon microscopic inspection (Laird 1935:254–55; Wray 1948:37)

8. Experiments have shown that light striking at an angle is also gathered, indicating that the spicules on the sides of the sponge are also capable of feeding the algae light.

9. When study co-author Haneesh Kesari, assistant professor in Brown’s School of Engineering, first saw the internal architecture of the Basalia spicules, he was immediately intrigued by the consistency and regularity of the

10. The only modern phylum with an adequate fossil record to appear after the Cambrian was the phylum Bryozoa, which is not known before the early Ordovician.A few mineralized animal fossils, including sponge spicules and probable worm tubes, are known from the