Antonyms for nebulosity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : neb-yuh-los-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɛb yəˈlɒs ɪ ti |
Definition of nebulosity
Origin :- 1738, from French nébulosité, from Late Latin nebulositatem (nominative nebulositas), from Latin nebulosus, from nebula (see nebula).
- As in cloud : noun mass of water particles in air
- The nebulosity of the ten-foot can be resolved into stars by the twenty-foot, and so on.
- Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden
- Prof. Barnard adds that the nebulosity is easily visible in a 12-inch telescope.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- Speculated concerning the Milky Way, the nebulosity of stars, the origin and growth of solar systems.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- The convolutions of its spiral are filled with numerous starlike condensations, themselves engulfed in nebulosity.
- Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
- It is the nebulosity out of which the whole came and into which all is ultimately occluded.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
- Photographs show that the brighter stars of the Pleiades are involved in nebulosity.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- There are bristled comets; these resemble the skins of beasts with the fur on them, and are surrounded by a nebulosity.
- Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion
- By going back as far as possible, we thus arrive at a nebulosity so diffused that its existence could hardly be suspected.
- Extract from : « A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) » by Henry Smith Williams
- There are bristling comets, they are like the skins of beasts with their hair on, and are surrounded by a nebulosity.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Myths » by John F. Blake
- A later writer on astronomy said that the substance of the nebulosity and the tail is of almost inconceivable tenuity.
- Extract from : « Remarks » by Bill Nye
Synonyms for nebulosity
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