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nebulosity
English
Etymology
From Latin nebulositas.
Noun
nebulosity (countable and uncountable, plural nebulosities)
- (meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
Related terms
- nebulous
- nebular
- nebula
Translations
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nebula
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). Akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (nephél?, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: neb'j?-l?, IPA(key): /?n?bj?l?/
Noun
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine
Derived terms
Related terms
- nebulosity
- nebulous
- nebular
Translations
See also
- plerion
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
- Herbig-Haro object
- Bok globule
- interstellar cloud
- intergalactic cloud
- high velocity cloud
Anagrams
- Buelna, Nabeul, unable, unbale
Interlingua
Noun
nebula (plural nebulas)
- fog, mist, haze
- (pathology) nebula
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula. Doublet of nebbia, which was inherited.
Noun
nebula f (plural nebule)
- (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
- nebula
Related terms
- nebbia
- nebulizzare
- nebulosa
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ne?el?, from Proto-Indo-European *néb?os (“cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (néphos), ?????? (nephél?), Old High German nebul, Sanskrit ???? (nábhas), Old Church Slavonic ???? (nebo).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ne.bu.la/, [?n?b???ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ne.bu.la/, [?n??bul?]
Noun
nebula f (genitive nebulae); first declension
- fog
- cloud
- vapor
- vocative singular of nebula
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
- c?l?g?
Derived terms
- nebul?sus
Descendants
Noun
nebul? f
- ablative singular of nebula
References
- nebula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nebula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nebula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- nebula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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- what nebulas are there
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