NEBULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nebular mean? 

• NEBULAR (adjective)
  The adjective NEBULAR has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or resembling a nebula

2. resembling a cloud

  Familiarity information: NEBULAR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEBULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling a nebula

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nebular; nebulous

Context example:

the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Pertainym:

nebula (an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space)

Derivation:

nebula (an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling a cloud

Synonyms:

cloudlike; nebular

Similar:

cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)

Derivation:

nebula ((pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea)

nebula (cloudiness of the urine)