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Definition of Spiral nebula

1. Noun. A galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center.

Definition of Spiral nebula

1. Noun. (astronomy) a spiral-shaped nebula ¹

2. Noun. (astronomy obsolete) a spiral-shaped white nebula; these were generally determined to be spiral galaxies in the 20th century ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Spiral nebula

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

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The result a spiral nebula.—It is thus conceived that a spiral nebula, having two dominant arms on opposite sides, each knotty from irregular pulsations, ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The result a spiral nebula.—It is thus conceived that a spiral nebula, having two dominant arms on opposite sides, each knotty from irregular pulsations, ..."

3. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"... the idea at once suggests itself that the solar system has been evolved from a spiral nebula, while the photographs show that the spiral is not, ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"... the nuns of London, and the " last man " of Hogarth would have finished gazing upon the ruins of intellectual activity. Fio. 1 spiral nebula IN CANES ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The result a spiral nebula.—It is thus conceived that a spiral nebula, having two dominant arms on opposite sides, each knotty from irregular pulsations, ..."

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