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(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas)..
With higher powers the field does not appear to be sufficiently large to allow of each streak of nebulosity being compared with the surrounding parts where the nebulosity is not quite so bright.
If one conceives by analogy all the stars formed in this manner, one can imagine their anterior state of nebulosity itself preceded by other stars in which the nebulous matter was more and more diffuse, the nucleus being less and less luminous and dense.
Use nebulosity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nebulosity means (meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas)..
Common synonyms include nebulousness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With higher powers the field does not appear to be sufficiently large to allow of each streak of nebulosity being compared with the surrounding parts where the nebulosity is not quite so bright.
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