nubecula
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of nubecula
C19: from Latin, diminutive of nubes cloud
Example Sentences
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Very bright, very large; oval; very gradually pretty, much brighter in the middle; a beautiful nebula; it has very much the resemblance to the Nubecula Major itself as seen with the naked eye, but it is far brighter and more impressive in its general aspect as if it were doubled in intensity.
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I well remember this observation, it was the result of repeated comparisons between the object seen in the telescope and the actual nubecula as seen high in the sky on the meridian, and no vague estimate carelessly set down.
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Nubecula, nū-bek′ū-la, n. a light film on the eye: a cloudy appearance in urine:—pl.
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This Nubecula Major, as it is termed, is of a round or oval form, and its diameter is about six degrees, so that it is about twelve times the apparent diameter of the moon.
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The Nubecula Minor is a smaller patch of the same kind.
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