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Nebula

nebula

Origin: L, mist, cloud; akin to Gr, cloud, mist, G. Nebel mist, OHG. Nebul, D. Nevel, Skr. Nabhas cloud, mist. Cf. Nebule.

1. (Science: astronomy) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

2. (Science: medicine) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. A cloudy appearance in the urine.


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help plz

Do your homework. I won't do it for you, you bum. I will give you a hint 1) Think nebula 2) Think of onion- layers, I will give you one - lithosphere that is all you get

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by Darwin420
Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: help plz
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biological content of clouds

... hydrogen and some other gasious contents with a couple different enviornments on it... I thought the big theory or thought was that Earth's nebula gave our first atmosphere (the Primordial atmosphere) was made up of water, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, methane, sulfur, iodine, and chlorine ...

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by February Beetle
Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:18 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: biological content of clouds
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