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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries星云
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīngyún
"这片星云距离地球数光年之远。"
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A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette.
"The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae visible to the naked eye."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived directly from Latin, meaning 'cloud', 'mist', or 'vapor'. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was applied broadly to any luminous astronomical object that appeared diffuse and cloudy through a telescope before astronomers could resolve them into individual stars or recognize them as interstellar gas and dust clouds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nebula" is said worldwide
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nébuleuse
Transliteration: nébuleuse
"Le télescope a capturé une image magnifique de la nébuleuse."
Nebel
Transliteration: Nebel
"Der Planetarische Nebel leuchtet in bunten Farben."
nebulosa
Transliteration: nebulosa
"La nebulosa è composta principalmente da idrogeno e elio."
nebula
Transliteration: nebula
Script: nebulosa
"Las estrellas nacen dentro de una gran nebulosa."
nebula
Transliteration: nebula
"A nebulosa de Órion é visível durante o inverno."
नीहारिका
Transliteration: niharika
"अंतरिक्ष दूरबीन ने एक नई नीहारिका की खोज की है।"
星云
Transliteration: xīngyún
"这片星云距离地球数光年之远。"
성운
Transliteration: seong-un
"우주망원경이 아름다운 성운의 모습을 포착했습니다."
星雲
Transliteration: seiun
"夜空に輝く星雲を天体望遠鏡で観察した。"
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