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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of nebulosity
From the Late Latin word nebulōsitās, dating back to 1755–65. See nebulose, -ity
Example Sentences
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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
I entered Florence late in the afternoon, under cover of a fog that would have done credit to London in the depths of its November nebulosity.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
Prof. Barnard describes some regions in the constellation Taurus containing “dark lanes” in a groundwork of faint nebulosity.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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