nebulosity
Americannoun
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nebulous or nebular matter.
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a nebulous form, shape, or mass.
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the state or condition of being nebulous.
noun
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the state or quality of being nebulous
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astronomy a nebula
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Etymology
Origin of nebulosity
From the Late Latin word nebulōsitās, dating back to 1755–65. See nebulose, -ity
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The hot central star can be seen faintly near the center of the nebulosity.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Later, the stars wander out of their nursery to seek their fortunes in the Milky Way, stellar adolescents still surrounded by tuffs of glowing nebulosity, residues still gravitationally attached of their amniotic gas.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
A close examination of these photographs has given the present writer the impression that the dark lanes and spots are in the nebulosity, and that the nebulosity is mixed up with the stars.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
When, with its giant reflecting telescope, photographs were taken of the region of Nova Persei after it had become comparatively faint, it was found that there was an extraordinarily faint nebulosity surrounding the star.
From Astronomical Discovery by Turner, Herbert Hall
A peculiar veiled or tinted appearance has been remarked in some cases visually, and examination of the photographs strongly confirms the existence of absorbing nebulosity.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
They are transparent nebulosities, of extreme lightness, without mass nor density.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
As for his manners, I can only say I have heard views with which I was in full personal agreement made more offensive by a dogmatic advocate than were these monstrous but quite amiable nebulosities.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
They appear as pale nebulosities, rounded or oval, more condensed toward the center, without, however, showing any distinct nucleus.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
Mere comets or vague nebulosities in the firmament, without a form, and without a home.
From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
October we mean to spend at Paris, before we return to the nebulosities of London.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
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