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nebulosity

American  
[neb-yuh-los-i-tee] / ˌnɛb yəˈlɒs ɪ ti /

noun

nebulosities plural
  1. nebulous or nebular matter.

  2. a nebulous form, shape, or mass.

  3. the state or condition of being nebulous.


nebulosity British  
/ ˌnɛbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being nebulous

  2. astronomy a nebula

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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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