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🌫️ Vagueness 🪐 Cloud-like state
nebulousness

nebulousness

9.1
A quality of looking like a cloud of gas in space
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛbjələsnəs/
  • Specialized
: nebulosidad
  • The nebulousness of the gas clouds made it difficult to determine their exact shape.

Examples

  • Scientists discussed the nebulousness present in the region where new stars are forming.

  • Astronomers observed the nebulousness surrounding the distant star cluster through their telescopes.

  • The nebulousness of the clouds made the sky look magical.

  • Astronomers study the nebulousness of distant galaxies.

  • Astronomers observed the nebulousness surrounding the distant star cluster through their telescopes.

  • The nebulousness of the gas clouds made it difficult to determine their exact shape.

  • Astronomers study the nebulousness of distant galaxies.

Synonyms

cloudiness
vsnebulousness
1 3.2

A liquid or the sky that is not clear because it has small bits in it

focuses on a diffuse nebula like appearance mainly in space
nebulosity
vsnebulousness
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A faint cloudy mass, for example around a star or in a liquid

describes the state of being diffuse and cloud like mainly in space

Antonyms

clarity
7 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

distinctness
1 5.5

How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is

How Cloudy

opacity
4 7.0
nebulousness
  • Specialized
9.1
cloudiness
1 3.2
diffuseness
1 8.9

Surface Forms

nebulousness singular
nebulousnesses plural

Morphology

nebulousness = nebulous (transparent) = nebula + ness

The word denotes the state of being 'like a nebula' and is a straightforward nominalization of 'nebulous'.

Etymology

Nebulousness comes from the Latin nebula, 'mist' or 'cloud', and is the same root as the space word nebula. It describes a cloud-like, spread-out shape, so in space it means the cloudy look of gas and dust around stars.