nebulosity
nebulosity noun: the characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
Noun
nebulosity (countable and uncountable, plural nebulosities)
- The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
- With higher powers the field does not appear to be sufficiently large to allow of each streak of nebulosity being compared with the surrounding parts where the nebulosity is not quite so bright.1868, Lord Oxmantown, An account of the observations on the great nebula in Orion
- If one conceives by analogy all the stars formed in this manner, one can imagine their anterior state of nebulosity itself preceded by other stars in which the nebulous matter was more and more diffuse, the nucleus being less and less luminous and dense.2007, Stephen Hawking, God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History
- Synonyms:
- nebulousness
Synonyms of nebulosity
Forms of nebulosity
| plural | nebulosities |
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Origin of nebulosity
From Latin nebulōsitās.
Questions about nebulosity
- What does nebulosity mean?
- Nebulosity means the characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
- What part of speech is nebulosity?
- Nebulosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of nebulosity?
- The plural of nebulosity is nebulosities.
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