fæculæ

See also: faeculae

English

Noun

fæculæ

  1. plural of fæcula
    • 1822, James Watt and John Robison, A System of Mechanical Philosophy‎, volume III, page 546:
      Were the heavenly spaces perfectly transparent, we should no more see them than the purest water through which we see other objects; and we see them as we see water tinged with milk or other fæculæ.
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