Nebulae vs Nebulous - What's the difference?
nebulae | nebulous |
(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
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
As a noun nebulae
is irregular plural of nebula.As an adjective nebulous is
in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.nebulae
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Noun
(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 ----nebulous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
