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Webster 1913 Edition


Nebulosity

Nebˊu-los′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L. nebulositas: cf. F.
nébulosité
]
1.
The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; haziness; mistiness; nebulousness.
The
nebulosity
. . . of the mother idiom.
I. Disraeli.
2.
(Astron.)
(a)
The stuff of which a nebula is formed.
(b)
A nebula.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nebulosity

NEBULOSITY

,
Noun.
[from nebulous.] The state of being cloudy or hazy.

Definition 2024


nebulosity

nebulosity

English

Noun

nebulosity (plural nebulosities)

  1. (meteorology, astronomy) the characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

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