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nebulosity

/neb-yuh-los-i-tee/US // ˌnɛb yəˈlɒs ɪ ti //UK // (ˌnɛbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ) //

云雾状,雾状物,云雾,星云

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural neb·u·los·i·ties.

    • : nebulous or nebular matter.
    • : a nebulous form, shape, or mass.
    • : the state or condition of being nebulous.

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Examples

  • It answers in fact fully to the E. word rack, Indicating atmospheric nebulosity; hence Ragnarok is very approp.

  • By going back as far as possible, we thus arrive at a nebulosity so diffused that its existence could hardly be suspected.

  • There are bristling comets, they are like the skins of beasts with their hair on, and are surrounded by a nebulosity.

  • A later writer on astronomy said that the substance of the nebulosity and the tail is of almost inconceivable tenuity.

  • They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness.