nebular
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- adjective
- /ˈnɛbjələr/
:
nebuloso
- It is noteworthy that Kirkwood, in his later years, became one of the leading critics of the Laplace Nebular Hypothesis.
- nebular hypothesis
Examples
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Dude, these guys are on a whole nebular level.
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So that's that immediately sets the clock for you have to form those guys far away before the nebular clock runs out.
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He discovered the four satellites of the planet Jupiter and resolved nebular ways into stars.
Academic text (2011) -
As the nebular gas reaches the Earth, the sky will be illuminated by an ionized nebula.
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Somehow, perhaps inspired by Slipher's paper and encouraged by Frost, Hubble began a program of nebular photography with it.
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His nebular hypothesis of the origins of the solar system (later given a mathematical basis by Laplace) is now generally accepted as correct.
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Nebular filters can make nebulae more visible, although we have found that in our conditions, baffling is just as effective and also works for galaxies.
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Pierre-Simon Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827) proved the stability of the Solar System and produced the nebular hypothesis to explain its formation.
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There are separate chapters on the Sun, each of the planets, the Moon, the asteroids, comets, the laws of motion and gravitation, instrumental astronomy, and the nebular hypothesis.
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The astronomers captured stunning images of the nebular formations in deep space.
Synonyms
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Cloudy or hazy in shape like a cloud in space
Compounds
- Specialized
A theory that the sun and planets formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust
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Etymology
Nebular comes from the Latin word nebula, which means 'mist' or 'cloud'. In space a nebula is a cloud of gas and dust, so nebular means 'like a cloud in space', which is why scientists use it for places where stars form.