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nicnoun(slang) nicotine
mbanounAn Ubangian language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
ucsnoun(computing) Initialism of Universal Coded Character Set, a set of characters standardized in ISO 10646.
cgsnoun(physics) Initialism of centimetre-gram-second: a system of measurement taking these as its fundamental units, now replaced by the SI system. [(sciences) A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimetre, gram, and second.]
cngnoun(petrochemistry) Initialism of compressed natural gas.
nicsnoun(slang) nicotine
nebulanoun(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
spiral galaxynoun(astronomy) A galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.
planetary nebulanoun(astronomy) A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.
large magellanic cloudnoun(astronomy) A particular dwarf irregular galaxy, the largest satellite of Milky Way.
nebulositynoun(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
small magellanic cloudnoun(astronomy) A particular dwarf irregular galaxy, a satellite of Milky Way.
andromeda galaxynoun(astronomy) A spiral galaxy in the Local Group and closest to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Andromeda, the brightest of the Messier objects and often referred to by its designation M31.
protostarnoun(astronomy) A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
agnnounInitialism of active galactic nucleus. [(astronomy) A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion of the (measurable) electromagnetic spectrum.]
milky way galaxynoun(astronomy) The galaxy in which Earth and the rest of the Solar System is located.
fornaxnoun(astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
oort cloudnoun(astronomy) The Solar System's Oort cloud, extending from 50,000 to 100,000 astronomical units (approximately 1 light year) from the sun; supposedly the source of most comets around the Solar System.
fomalhautnoun(astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
neutron starnoun(astronomy) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.

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