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PRONUNCIATION OF COAL SACK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COAL SACK

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Coal Sack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COAL SACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coalsack Nebula

The Coalsack Dark Nebula is the most prominent dark nebula in the skies, easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the southern Milky Way. It was known pre-historically in the Southern Hemisphere and was observed by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1499. The Coalsack is located at a distance of approximately 600 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Crux.

Definition of Coal Sack in the English dictionary

The definition of Coal Sack in the dictionary is a dark nebula in the Milky Way close to the Southern Cross.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COAL SACK

Coal Measures

WORDS THAT END LIKE COAL SACK

attack
back
black
crack
Cuttack
feedback
get back
go back
go to the pack
hack
in the black
jack
knack
lack
outback
pack
paperback
pat on the back
the right track
track

Synonyms and antonyms of Coal Sack in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Coal Sack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COAL SACK

Find out the translation of Coal Sack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Coal Sack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Coal Sack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤袋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Saco de Carbón
570 millions of speakers

English

Coal Sack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोयला बोरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كيس الفحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Угольный Мешок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Coal Sack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কয়লা খপ্পর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sac à Charbon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coal Sack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kohlensack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石炭サック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석탄 자루
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coal Sack
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sack than
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலக்கரி சாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kömür Torbası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sacco di Carbone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Worek węgla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вугільний Мішок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Coal Sack
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Coal Sack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steenkool sak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kol Sack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kull Sack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Coal Sack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL SACK»

The term «Coal Sack» is used very little and occupies the 162.688 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL SACK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Coal Sack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COAL SACK»

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Nebulae and How to Observe Them
Crux. Nebulosity. Coal. Sack. DRKNB. CRU. 12. 53.0. -63. 00. Certainly the best- named of the dark nebulae, the Coal Sack is next to the Southern Cross and makes for one of the most striking naked-eye sights anywhere in the sky.
Steven Coe, 2007
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Imaging the Southern Sky: An Amateur Astronomer's Guide
Constellation Crux/Musca RA 12h53 min 00s Dec −53° 00¢ 00′′ The most famous naked eye dark nebula in the Milky Way, the Coal Sack stands out due to the bright star clouds of Crux that frame it well. Aboriginal culture saw it as the ...
Stephen Chadwick, Ian Cooper, 2012
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Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science
Cruris and the Coal -Sack Region which we are enabled, by the kindness of Mr. H. C. Russell, Director of the Sydney Observatory, to lay before the readers of Knowledge, shows that the Coal-Sack is far from being absolutely void of stars ; the ...
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Publications of West Hendon House Observatory, Sunderland
13 118 120 18 18 120 18 118 119 1181 us3 120 121 122 120 121 120 taining a, and the f one v), and the principal one (which is the ]> one) is very far from being part of a great circle. rhe "coal-sack," No. 114, just described, is perhaps the ...
West Hendon House Observatory, Thomas William Backhouse, 1891
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Publications of West Hendon House Observatory. Sunderland
The great “ coal-sack ” of the northern hemisphere -— that between Cygnus and Cepheus — is quite black up 63 ngni, and decidedly luminous nf that point, so that part cannot properly be called a “ coal-sack.” Boaddieker makes little diferenee ...
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Knack Night Sky: Decoding the Solar System, from ...
Very near Crux in the busy Southern Hemisphere winter sky is the Coal Sack, an exceptionally dark nebula that reveals itself as a shadowy patch in the elongated Milky Way. The Coal Sack is actually a dense cloud of dust and gases that ...
Nicholas Nigro
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The Fourth Source: Effects of Natural Nuclear Reactors
Try to understand the Coal Sack as a shadow on the Milky Way, cast by the Sun, with the nearby bright nebula Ced 122 casting the shadow. These are a remarkable pair of nebulae in the deep southern sky, one a bright one, Ced 122 ( for the ...
Robert J. Tuttle, 2012
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N-Space
He walked thirty paces forward and turned just where the roof of his house wouldn't block the Coal Sack. It was a sight he never tired of. The Coal Sack was a nebular mass of gas and dust, small as such things go — eight to ten parsecs thick ...
Larry Niven, 2007
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Boys' Life
He skipped the opening three pages and went on: "We must confess that the situation in the Coal Sack is surprising. Tentative exploration of this great dark nebula, one of the great interstellar dust clouds which obscures Earth's view of the ...
10
Lights in the Sky: Identifying and Understanding ...
Identifying and Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore. This distinctly dark patch is often referred to as the “Coal Sack” of the North. If you live in the South, the genuine “Coal Sack” will be ...
Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COAL SACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Coal Sack is used in the context of the following news items.
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Keane played a pivotal role at height of Limerick gangland feuding
The drugs were hidden in a coal sack and had been buried in open ground near Keane's St Mary's Park stronghold. On May 31st, 2002, ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
2
Duo lugs coal sack for 100 miles
TWO sweat-stained Cardigan strongmen strode into town on Saturday afternoon having taken it in turns to lug a 50kg bag of coal all the way ... «cambrian-news.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Missing One Leg, He Escaped North Korea on Crutches, Trekked …
"I can still feel the weight of my coal sack," which was almost as heavy as the young lad. At 14-years-old, Ji weighed only 45 pounds and stood ... «Crossmap, Jun 15»
4
Adorable baby otter rescued from Amman Valley garden
"The caller caught it in a coal sack then took it to her neighbour who tipped it into a cat basket. The person then called us." The otter has now ... «Carmarthen Journal, Apr 15»
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Firefly Astronomy
... proton-proton chain reaction to shed their ancient photons of light onto the nighttime scene from beyond the cold dust lanes of the Coal Sack. «Universe Today, Apr 15»
6
Antenna: Out of Africa
Ibrahim Mahama's canvas is the humble coal sack — specifically roughly woven sacks imported by the Ghana Cocoa Board and re-used by the ... «Christie's, Mar 15»
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Milkman's big round at Gawthorpe's World Coal Carrying …
The triple challenge involves him hefting a 50kg coal sack 1,012 metres uphill within the space of 90 minutes. Dynamic Dart Advertisement. «Wakefield Express, Mar 15»
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Mussel farmer strikes Coromandel gold
"I knew there was a market in Auckland because during my shearing days, you would hear people talk about getting a coal sack of mussels for ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 14»
9
Misery makes Heroes of us All - A tribute.
Their great coats were soaked in mud and blood and rain and each weighed heavy as an overflowing coal sack as the men of 9 RWF walked ... «South Wales Guardian, Aug 14»
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How to Spot 5 Cosmic Treats in August Night Sky
A black void called the Northern Coal Sack can also be seen in Cygnus. This Coal Sack and the Rift are not holes in the Milky Way, but rather ... «Space.com, Aug 14»

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