nebular hypothesis

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   (cosmology) the theory that the solar system evolved from a hot gaseous nebula

   Broaderscientific theory

   cosmology

Questions about nebular hypothesis

What does nebular hypothesis mean?

nebular hypothesis means "(cosmology) the theory that the solar system evolved from a hot gaseous nebula".

Is nebular hypothesis a common word?

nebular hypothesis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.