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NEBULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a cloud
Synonyms:
cloudlike; nebular
Classified under:
Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
Derivation:
nebula ((pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea)
nebula (cloudiness of the urine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling a nebula
Example:
the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system
Synonyms:
nebular; nebulous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Pertainym:
nebula (an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space)
Derivation:
nebula (an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space)
