NEBULAR
cloudlike, nebular
(adjective) resembling a cloud
nebular, nebulous
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula; “the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
nebular (comparative more nebular, superlative most nebular)
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to a nebula.
Cloudy; diffuse.
Anagrams
• unabler
Source: Wiktionary
Neb"u*lar, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to nebulæ; of the nature of, or resembling, a
nebula. Nebular hypothesis, an hypothesis to explain the process of
formation of the stars and planets, presented in various forms by
Kant, Herschel, Laplace, and others. As formed by Laplace, it
supposed the matter of the solar system to have existed originally in
the form of a vast, diffused, revolving nebula, which, gradually
cooling and contracting, threw off, in obedience to mechanical and
physical laws, succesive rings of matter, from which subsequently, by
the same laws, were produced the several planets, satellites, and
other bodies of the system. The phrase may indicate any hypothesis
according to which the stars or the bodies of the solar system have
been evolved from a widely diffused nebulous form of matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition