Dictionary

nebula en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɛ(ː)b.ju.la/ (India)
• (US) audio
• /ˈneb.jə.lə/ (Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• nĕb′yə-lə
• /ˈnɛb.jʌ.lʌ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, also)
• /ˈnɛb.jə.lə/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).

Meanings

1. A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
   • Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun. 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
2. (archaic) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
3. (obsolete) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

Forms

Deriveds

Crab Nebula · emission nebula · preplanetary nebula · dark nebula · diffuse nebula · pulsar wind nebula · enormous Lyman-alpha nebula · stellar nebula · nebulalike · supernebula · solar nebula · nebulium · protoplanetary nebula · reflection nebula · planetary nebula · nebulization

Descendants

ਨੈਬੀਊਲਾ

Relateds

interstellar cloud · nebular · high velocity cloud · Herbig-Haro object · nova remnant · Bok globule · nebulous · plerion · intergalactic cloud · supernova remnant · nebulosity

Translations (101)

id nebula (a space cloud) · uk тума́нність (a space cloud) · th เนบิวลา (a space cloud) · he עַרְפִלִּית (a space cloud) · ka ნისლეული (a space cloud) · pt nebulosa (a space cloud) · ca nebulosa (a space cloud) · vi tinh vân (a space cloud) · kmr nebuloz (a space cloud) · lt ū̃kas (a space cloud) · kk тұмандық (a space cloud) · io nebulozo (a space cloud) · yue 星雲 /星云 (a space cloud) · hi नीहारिका (a space cloud) · fi tähtisumu (a space cloud) · za fwjndaundeiq (a space cloud) · rw inyenyeri (a space cloud) · sh màglina (a space cloud) · sv nebulosa (a space cloud) · nb stjernetåke (a space cloud) · lv miglājs (a space cloud) · sh ма̀глина (a space cloud) · mn мананцар (a space cloud) · la nebula (a space cloud) · nl nevel (a space cloud) · ur صَحابِیَہ (a space cloud) · bg мъглявина́ (a space cloud) · mk маглина (a space cloud) · tl ulanag (a space cloud) · cy nifiwl (a space cloud) · tk dumanlyk (a space cloud) · ta நெபுலா (a space cloud) · sh màglica (a space cloud) · tg меғвора (a space cloud) · ro nebuloasă (a space cloud) · hu nebula (a space cloud) · de Nebel (a space cloud) · et udukogu (a space cloud) · grc νεφέλιον (a space cloud) · pt nébula (a space cloud) · ur سَدِیم (a space cloud) · da stjernetåge (a space cloud) · hi निहारिका (a space cloud) · fi nebula (a space cloud) · ms nebula (a space cloud) · tl bigha (a space cloud) · kw niwlen ster (a space cloud) · cmn 星雲 /星云 (a space cloud) · fo stjørnutoka (a space cloud) · tr nebula (a space cloud) · ja 星雲 (a space cloud) · es nébula (a space cloud) · es nebulosa (a space cloud) · ru тума́нность (a space cloud) · eu nebulosa (a space cloud) · ia nebulosa (a space cloud) · kn ನೀಹಾರಿಕೆ (a space cloud) · bn নীহারিকা (a space cloud) · gu નિહારિકા (a space cloud) · gu નેબ્યુલા (a space cloud) · lb Niwwel (a space cloud) · ko 성운 (a space cloud) · uz tumanlik (a space cloud) · et udu (a space cloud) · mi puehu tuarangi (a space cloud) · he ערפילית (a space cloud) · fa سحابی (a space cloud) · de Wolke (a space cloud) · be тума́ннасць (a space cloud) · fi kaasusumu (a space cloud) · sq nebulozë (a space cloud) · sl nébula (a space cloud) · sk hmlovina (a space cloud) · sl meglíca (a space cloud) · ky тумандуулук (a space cloud) · arz سديم (a space cloud) · it nebulosa (a space cloud) · tl nebula (a space cloud) · is stjörnuþoka (a space cloud) · cs mlhovina (a space cloud) · nn stjernetåke (a space cloud) · tg туманот (a space cloud) · sq mjegullnajë (a space cloud) · az dumanlıq (a space cloud) · km ណេប៊ុយឡា (a space cloud) · el νεφέλωμα (a space cloud) · ga réaltnéal (a space cloud) · sh ма̀глица (a space cloud) · pl mgławica (a space cloud) · gl nebulosa (a space cloud) · fa میغواره (a space cloud) · vo silefog (a space cloud) · fr nébuleuse (a space cloud) · hu csillagköd (a space cloud) · my နက်ဗျူလာ (a space cloud) · km នេប៊ូឡា (a space cloud) · hy միգամածություն (a space cloud) · nl nevelvlek (a space cloud) · ar سَدِيم (a space cloud) · eo nebulozo (a space cloud) · ml നീഹാരിക (a space cloud)