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globule blanc - translation to English
ISOLATED AND RELATIVELY SMALL DARK NEBULAE
Bok globules; Bok Globules; Bok Globule; Cometary globule
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Finger of God" Bok globule in the Carina Nebula.jpg?width=200)
![WFPC2]] instrument on the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bok globules in IC2944.jpg?width=200 "WFPC2]] instrument on the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]")
![Bok globules located within the [[NGC 281]] nebula (IC 1590 cluster)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NGC 281HSTFull.jpg?width=200 "Bok globules located within the [[NGC 281]] nebula (IC 1590 cluster)")
globule blanc
n. white blood cells, minuscule bodies in the blood whose job it is to fight germs
Definition
globule
['gl?bju:l]
¦ noun
1. a small round particle of a substance; a drop.
2. Astronomy a small dark cloud of gas and dust seen against a brighter background such as a luminous nebula.
Derivatives
globulous adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr., or from L. globulus, dimin. of globus 'spherical object, globe'.
Wikipedia
Bok globule
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Finger of God" Bok globule in the Carina Nebula.jpg?width=120)
In astronomy, Bok globules are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae, containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place. Bok globules are found within H II regions, and typically have a mass of about 2 to 50 solar masses contained within a region about a light year or so across (about 4.5×1047 m3). They contain molecular hydrogen (H2), carbon oxides and helium, and around 1% (by mass) silicate dust. Bok globules most commonly result in the formation of double- or multiple-star systems.
