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Aerosol vs Nebulae - What's the difference?

aerosol | nebulae |

As nouns the difference between aerosol and nebulae

is that aerosol is a liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium while nebulae is irregular plural of nebula.

aerosol

Noun

(en noun)
  • A liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
  • :Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke. (JCS Pub. 1-02).
  • A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can.
  • An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.
  • (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
  • Derived terms

    * aerosolisation * aerosolise

    Anagrams

    * roseola

    References

    * ----

    nebulae

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (nebula)
  • ----

    nebula

    English

    (wikipedia nebula)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
  • (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
  • (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine
  • Derived terms

    * dark nebula * diffuse nebula * emission nebula * planetary nebula * preplanetary nebula * protoplanetary nebula * reflection nebula * solar nebula * stellar nebula

    See also

    * plerion * nova remnant * supernova remnant * Herbig-Haro object * Bok globule * interstellar cloud * intergalactic cloud * high velocity cloud