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dark nebula

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs and thus obscures the light from stars behind it, appearing as a dark patch in front of a bright nebula or in an otherwise bright area of sky.


dark nebula

noun

  1. a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources See nebula
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dark nebula1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

It was later, that I saw the dark nebula—at first, an impalpable cloud, away to my right.

Upon the whole, the theory of an encounter between a star and a dark nebula seems best to fit the observations.

We have seen that there are reasons for supposing our own system to have been at first a cool dark nebula rotating slowly.

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