See Also: starling(dictionary)
starling(encyclopedia)
starling(2)(dictionary)
starling(1)(dictionary)
Starling(medicine)
Starling's law(medicine)
Starling, Ernest(medicine)
Starling's reflex(medicine)
Starling's hypothesis(medicine)
Starling's curve(medicine)

nebula (iou) and starling(2) (iou)


nebula (iou)



nebula noun. , -las. M17.
[Latin = mist, vapour.]
a. A Film or clouded spot on or over the cornea of the eye. Now only Medicine. M17.
b. Medicine. Cloudiness observed in the urine. rare. M17.
c. A cloud, (a) cloudlike appearance; an indistinct, insubstantial, or nebulous thing or (fig.) person. M18.
Astronomy. A hazy or indistinct luminous area in the night sky representing a distant cluster of stars; (chiefly Hist.) a galaxy. Now usu. spec., a cloud of gas, dust, etc., in deep space, appearing lighter or darker due to the reflection, absorption, etc., of light. E18.
crab nebula, emission nebula, planetary nebula, spiral nebula, etc.
Fog, mist. rare. L19.

starling(2) (iou)



starling noun2. L17.
[Perh. alt. of STADDLING.]
An outwork of piles built around or upstream of the pier of a bridge, so as to provide protection against the current, floating objects, etc.