"nebulation" meaning in All languages combined

See nebulation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nebulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nebulation (countable and uncountable, plural nebulations)
  1. The condition of being nebulated. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nebulation-en-noun-3UWgM-xU
  2. A clouded or ill-defined mark of colour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nebulation-en-noun-tmO~2yd6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 80 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 82 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 82 16
  3. The process or condition of becoming nebulous, vague, or ill-defined; obscuration of the boundaries or meaning of something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nebulation-en-noun-cqdb3bcy

Inflected forms

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        "A clouded or ill-defined mark of colour."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "We happened to start speaking of the general present-day nebulation of the notion of \"sin,\" of its confusion with the much more carnally colored idea of \"crime,\" — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire"
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