nebula
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of nebula
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
“Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.”
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noun
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A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
“Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.”
- (archaic)A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
- (obsolete)A cloudy appearance in the urine.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
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