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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cloud of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs most or all of the light from luminous objects like stars behind it, appearing as an irregular dark patch. Some absorption nebulae, such as the Coalsack, are visible to the naked eye.
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- noun astronomy A dark nebula; a
diffuse mass ofinterstellar gas and dust thatabsorbs allincident radiation withoutreemission .
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