A small bundle or cluster, especially in botany (a bundle of fibers or leaves) or publishing (one section of a multi-part work).
From Latin 'fasciculus,' diminutive of 'fascis' (bundle). The smaller version of 'fasces,' used to describe modest groupings of botanical or textual materials.
Publishers used fascicles for serialized stories—Victorian readers got Dickens chapters one fascicle at a time, creating suspense that modern binge-watching has completely killed!
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