"nebular" meaning in English

See nebular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nebular [comparative], most nebular [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neβelā Latin nebulalbor. English nebula English -ar English nebular From nebula + -ar. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|nebula|-ar|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neβelā Latin nebulalbor. English nebula English -ar English nebular [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "little cloud, mist", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "mist", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*nebʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*nébʰos", "gloss" : "cloud", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*neβelā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nebula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nebula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ar", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nebular", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="nebular"> From nebula + -ar. Head templates: {{en-adj}} nebular (comparative more nebular, superlative most nebular)
  1. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to a nebula.
    Sense id: en-nebular-en-adj-wUaHpMxR Categories (other): Astronomy, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. Cloudy; diffuse.
    Sense id: en-nebular-en-adj-WNUl5Rpm Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ar, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nebular hypothesis, nebularization, nebularize, nonnebular, supernebular Related terms: nebulosity, nebulous, nebula
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