spiral nebula

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Noun

spiral nebula (plural spiral nebulas or spiral nebulae)

  1. (astronomy) a spiral-shaped nebula
  2. (astronomy, obsolete) a spiral-shaped white nebula; these were generally determined to be spiral galaxies in the 20th century