DARK NEBULA


Meaning of DARK NEBULA in English

Astron.

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. Also called absorption nebula .

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .