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Meanings of nebular in English

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Resembling a cloud.

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Of or relating to or resembling a nebula.

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Usage of nebular in English
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He gave us the fundamental idea of what is called the nebular hypothesis.
Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
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It is a more or less imperfectly condensed star, surrounded by nebular masses.
The Story of Evolution
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One finger traced the outlines of a particularly bright and well-known nebular cluster.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
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I'm trying to solve a little nebular hypothesis of my own.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
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She brought back as well a vivid and epigrammatic version of the nebular hypothesis.
The Militants / Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fig...
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His mind seemed to trail out in a great nebular helix behind the descending ship.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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That is the genealogy of the famous nebular hypothesis.
The Story of Evolution
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The most famous answer to this question is the "nebular hypothesis."
The Story of Evolution
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The discovery of nebular life deeply moved the incipient cosmical mind that I had become.
Star Maker
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One of the greatest mathematical astronomers of all time and the originator of the nebular theory.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
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With results as precious as when I examine the nebular theory and explain it to myself.
Christian Science
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Many very young systems, in which nebular matter still predominated over stars, contained as yet no planets.
Star Maker
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In a few months or years the nebular lines diminish in brightness, and the continuous spectrum develops.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
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On the lines of the generally received nebular hypothesis this can easily be imagined, in broad outline.
The Story of Evolution
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Spencer esteems this an analogue of the appearance of the universe itself, according to the nebular hypothesis.
An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
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Indeed, we found some stars which might be regarded as not far advanced beyond the nebular condition.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
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