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Definition of Nebular

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a nebula. "The nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"

Definition of Nebular

1. a. Of or pertaining to nebulæ; of the nature of, or resembling, a nebula.

Definition of Nebular

1. Adjective. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to a nebula ¹

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Definition of Nebular

1. nebula [adj] - See also: nebula

Medical Definition of Nebular

1. Of or pertaining to nebulae; 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nebular

Literary usage of Nebular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1873)
"recognised when nebulae and stars are compared ; but I feel confident that the average rate of apparent nebular motion will be found to correspond with the ..."

2. World-life; Or, Comparative Geology by Alexander Winchell (1888)
"nebular ROTATION. 1. Causes of Rotation.— It thus appears that the hypothesis of nebular conglomeration explains two otherwise inexplicable phenomena ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The assigned nebular origin ... It is only vital to the planetesimal hypothesis, as here developed, that the scattered nebular material shall revolve around ..."

4. References for Literary Workers: With Introductions to Topics and Questions by Henry Matson (1892)
"Does the nebular Hypothesis furnish the best natural solution of the ... Is the nebular Hypothesis likely to win an established place in science 1 The ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The assigned nebular origin not vital.—Whether the particular mode of origin of the spiral nebula just sketched be true or not, is not vital to the ..."

6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The assigned nebular origin not vital.—Whether the particular mode of origin of the spiral nebula just sketched be true or not, is not vital to the ..."

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