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- [neb-yuh-luh]
- /ˈnɛb yə lə/
- /ˈneb.jʊ.lə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [neb-yuh-luh]
- /ˈnɛb yə lə/
Definitions of nebula word
- noun plural nebula Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view. 1
- noun plural nebula Pathology. a faint opacity in the cornea. cloudiness in the urine. 1
- noun plural nebula any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray. 1
- noun nebula A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter. 1
- noun nebula astronomy: star cluster 1
- noun Definition of nebula in Technology An early business-oriented language from ICL for the Ferranti Orion computer. 1
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Origin of nebula
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < Latin: a mist, vapor, cloud; akin to Greek nephélē cloud, German Nebel fog, haze
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Parts of speech for Nebula
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nebula popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nebula usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nebula
noun nebula
- nimbus — Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- galaxy — Astronomy. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. (usually initial capital letter) Milky Way.
- vapour — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
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