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



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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