nebulosity
Americannoun
plural
nebulosities-
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
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 golden-yellow planetary disc, wrapt in dense nebulosity, shone out while the June twilight of these latitudes was still in its first strength.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
Another objection is that there is no known nebulosity near at hand with which to connect the climatic vicissitudes of the last glacial period.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
The nebulosity of the ten-foot can be resolved into stars by the twenty-foot, and so on.
From Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works by Holden, Edward Singleton
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