Definition of Nebla
Neb"u*la (?), n.; pl.
Nebulæ (#). [L., mist, cloud; akin to Gr.
&?;, &?;, cloud, mist, G. nebel mist, OHG. nebul, D.
nevel, Skr. nabhas cloud, mist. Cf. Nebule.]
1. (Astron.) A faint, cloudlike, self-
luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the
stars. True nebulæ are gaseous; but very distant star clusters
often appear like them in the telescope.
2. (Med.) (a) A white
spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. (b)
A cloudy appearance in the urine. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
Interlingua
- fog, mist, haze
- (pathol.) nebula
Italian
- (archaic) fog, mist; cloud
- nebula
Latin
- cloud
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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