blob

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 References

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒb

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Noun

blob (plural blobs)

1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
   • 1869: Norman Lockyer et al, Nature

     Only the outermost blob on either side in map 2 displays misalignment.

   • 1895: The Annual of the British School at Athens

     It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

2. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.^[1]

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: бучка, капчица, топчица
• Finnish: möykky fi(fi), kimpale fi(fi)
• Japanese: burobbu (ブロッブ)
• Russian: ком ru(ru)

[edit] See also

• cluster

[edit] References

• Notes:

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