For Nemesis we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Etymology and Science.

Nemesis (Etymology)

From the Greek of the same, originally meant, "the act of distributing or apportioning" and later became, "(divine) wrath and retribution, righteous indignation at the breach of rules."
Nemesis was a deity who restores a balance. Were a bunch of shipmakers to launch a vessel without saluting the gods, for instance, this act of hubris might call forth a counter-reaction, as we saw with the Titanic. There was no judgmentalism or divine punishment involved, simply a response from the other world to lapses occurring in this one.

Nemesis (Science)

The name given to a hypothetical companion star to the Sun, which has been postulated to explain periodic bombardments of the inner solar system by large numbers of comets.

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