Nebulae vs Galaxy - What's the difference?
nebulae | galaxy |
(nebula)
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(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
* 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
As a noun nebulae
is (nebula).As a proper noun galaxy is
(astronomy|dated) the milky way galaxy, from when it was thought the universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.nebulae
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(head)nebula
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(wikipedia nebula)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* dark nebula * diffuse nebula * emission nebula * planetary nebula * preplanetary nebula * protoplanetary nebula * reflection nebula * solar nebula * stellar nebulaSee also
* plerion * nova remnant * supernova remnant * Herbig-Haro object * Bok globule * interstellar cloud * intergalactic cloud * high velocity cloudAnagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----galaxy
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(galaxies)- So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].