Nebulae

Word NEBULAE
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Definitions and meanings of "Nebulae"

What do we mean by nebulae?

A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.

A cloudy appearance in the urine

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The word "nebulae" in example sentences

Yes, some stars do just that, becoming clouds of ionized hydrogen we term nebulae. ❋ A. C. Crispin (1990)

Working from the Mt. Wilson observatory that looms in the distance over Los Angeles, they discovered that the blurry patches of light called nebulae were not mere gas clouds within the Milky Way, as long supposed, but galaxies in their own right. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fifty years ago it was thought that in the heavenly bodies called nebulae the material of which the world was made had been discovered. ❋ Theodore Graebner (1913)

They have found within the limits of our astral system, and generally in its outer fields, a great number of objects which, from their foggy appearance, are called nebulae; some of vast extent and irregular figure, as that in the sword of Orion, which is visible to the naked eye; others of shape more defined; others, again, in which small bright nuclei appear here and there over the surface. ❋ Robert Chambers (1836)

They believed the "nebulae" they were viewing were star clusters and gas clouds within the Milky Way. 85 years ago Edwin Hubble postulated, and proved, that these nebulae were distant galaxies and our Milky Way was one of an incalculable number of galaxies comprising the universe. ❋ Randall Ensley (2010)

Cepheid variables located within them as standard candles to determine their distance, showing the "nebulae" were too distant to be part of the Milky Way and hence other galaxies. ❋ DanielPulido (2010)

[[Cepheid variables]] located within them as standard candles to determine their distance, showing the "nebulae" were too distant to be part of the Milky Way and hence other galaxies. ❋ DanielPulido (2010)

The concept of this book - and of the series - is to present an up-to-date detailed description and categorisation of nebulae, and then to instruct the reader in the best ways to successfully observe and record the large range of astronomical objects that fall under the general heading of "nebulae". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The map or playing field of the space battle often involves "terrain" such as nebulae and asteroids, and sometimes capturable facilities that let you build orbital defenses and such or sensor pods, which reveal the entire field to you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sublime discoveries of modern astronomers have shown that every part of the realms of space abounds in large expansions of attenuated matter termed nebulae, which are irregularly reflective of light, of various figures, and in different states of condensation, from that of a diffused, luminous mass to suns and planets like our own. " ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

cloud-like structures he dubbed "nebulae" pointed to a universe far greater than imagined. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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