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Neb"u*li`zer (?), n. An
atomizer.


Neb"u*lose` (?), a. Nebulous;
cloudy.
Derham.


Neb`u*los"i*ty (?), n. [L. nebulositas:
cf. F. nébulosité] 1. The
state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; haziness; mistiness;
nebulousness.


The nebulosity . . . of the mother
idiom.
I. Disraeli.


2. (Astron.) (a) The
stuff of which a nebula is formed.
(b) A
nebula.


Neb"u*lous (?), a. [L.
nebulosus: cf. F. nébuleux. See Nebula.]
1. Cloudy; hazy; misty.


2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or
having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike.


-- Neb"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Neb"u*lous*ness, n.


Neb"u*ly, n. (Her. & Arch.)
A line or a decoration composed of successive short curves or
waves supposed to resemble a cloud.


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