NEBULA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulæ are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

2.
n.

A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.

3.
n.

A cloudy appearance in the urine. [Obs.]


← NEBALIA N — all words NEBULAR →