Etymology · Ancient Greek
νεφέλη
7 English words descend from Ancient Greek νεφέλη, most common first.
- nephelometerAn instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid.
- nephelineA feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
- NepheleA cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle.
- nepheligenousProducing clouds of smoke.
- nepheliteSynonym of nepheline.
- nephelometryThe measurement of the concentration of a solution, suspension or dispersion based upon its light-scattering properties.
- nepheloscopeAn instrument for demonstrating cloud formation by compression of moist air.