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Definition of Nebula

1. Noun. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.

2. Noun. Cloudiness of the urine.

3. Noun. An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space.

4. Noun. (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea.

Definition of Nebula

1. n. A faint, cloudlike, self- luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulæ are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

Definition of Nebula

1. Noun. (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes). ¹

2. Noun. (archaic medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nebula

1. a cloud-like interstellar mass [n -LAS or -LAE] : NEBULAR [adj]

Medical Definition of Nebula

1. Origin: L, mist, cloud; akin to Gr, cloud, mist, G. Nebel mist, OHG. Nebul, D. Nevel, Skr. Nabhas cloud, mist. Cf. Nebule. 1. A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope. 2. A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. A cloudy appearance in the urine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nebula

nebek nebeks nebel nebels nebenkern nebenkerns nebish nebishes nebivolol nebracetam

nebramycin nebris nebrises nebs nebuchadnezzar nebula (current term) nebulae nebulalike nebular nebular hypothesis

nebularine nebulas nebulated nebulation nebulations nebule nebules nebulin nebulins nebulisation

Literary usage of Nebula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1893)
"NOTE ON THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM OF THE GREAT nebula OF ORION. BY WW CAMPBELL. It has heretofore been considered that the visible spectrum of the Great nebula ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Fifty- four lines are tabulated as belonging to the spectrum of the nebula, nine of them being due to hydrogen. Tables are given showing:— 1. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"nebula; of this latter kind are represented in Fig. 9 and in Fig. 10. ... The nebula has then the appearance of a double nebula, with a central spot as ..."

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