DUST CLOUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dust cloud mean? 

• DUST CLOUD (noun)
  The noun DUST CLOUD has 1 sense:

1. a cloud of dust suspended in the air

  Familiarity information: DUST CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUST CLOUD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cloud of dust suspended in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("dust cloud" is a kind of...):

cloud (any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible)

 Context examples 

After analyzing data from a radio survey conducted on a dust cloud in the Perseus constellation, two researchers from UC Berkeley and the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have concluded all sun-like stars are probably born with a companion.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The research team used SOFIA's airborne telescope and the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, to take detailed infrared images of an interstellar dust cloud known as Supernova Remnant Sagittarius A East.

(Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation, NASA)

A new study using NASA's Spitzer and Swift missions, as well as the Belgian AstroLAB IRIS observatory, suggests that the cause of the dimming over long periods is likely an uneven dust cloud moving around the star.

(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)