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nebula
[ neb-yuh-luh ]
noun
- Astronomy.
- Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula.
- (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- Pathology.
- a faint opacity in the cornea.
- cloudiness in the urine.
- any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray.
nebula
/ 藞苍蓻产箩蕣濒蓹 /
noun
- astronomy a diffuse cloud of particles and gases (mainly hydrogen) that is visible either as a hazy patch of light (either an emission or a reflection nebula ) or an irregular dark region against a brighter background ( dark nebula ) Compare planetary nebula
- pathol
- opacity of the cornea
- cloudiness of the urine
- any substance for use in an atomizer spray
nebula
- A visible, thinly spread cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Some nebulae are the remnants of a supernova explosion, others are gravity-induced condensations of the gases in the interstellar medium which in certain cases may become a site for the formation of new stars. The term was formerly used of any hazy, seemingly cloudlike object, including what are now recognized as other galaxies beyond the Milky Way; it is restricted now to actual clouds of gas and dust within our own galaxy.
- 鈼 Nebulae are generally classified as bright or dark. Among the bright nebulae are cold clouds that reflect light from nearby stars ( reflection nebulae ) and hot, ionized clouds that glow with their own light ( emission nebulae ). Dark nebulae鈥攃old clouds that absorb the passing light from background stars鈥攁re called absorption nebulae .
- See more at star
Derived Forms
- 藞苍别产耻濒补谤, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍别产顎僽路濒补谤 adjective
- non路苍别产顎僽路濒补谤 adjective
- pre路苍别产顎僽路濒补谤 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of nebula1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of nebula1
Example Sentences
As astronomers scanned the night sky with larger telescopes, they were intrigued by fuzzy patches of light called nebulae.
The image was created by taking lots of pictures of the nebula and combining them into one.
Kane described his inspiration behind the collection, which utilized the motif of a nebula seen from the Hubble telescope, as 鈥渢he idea of explosive outwards expansion,鈥 Vogue reported back then.
Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
I was rocketing through space, flying past exploding nebulas.
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