Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nebulosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: neb-u-los-i-ty
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Latin nebulōsitās.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nebulosities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nebulous nebular nebula

Synonyms

nebulousness

Questions

What does nebulosity mean?: The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
Where does nebulosity come from?: From Latin nebulōsitās.

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