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blue straggler

blue straggler noun: an unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.

Noun

blue straggler (plural blue stragglers)

  1. An unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.
    • This boosted the mass of the companion, turning it into a blue straggler, while reducing the companion to a sub-dwarf B star.2015, David Stevenson, The Complex Lives of Star Clusters, Springer, →ISBN, page 168

blue straggler meaning in Arabic

blue straggler in Arabic

unusually hot and blue star
نجوم زرقاء شاردَة

Forms of blue straggler

pluralblue stragglers

Questions about blue straggler

What does blue straggler mean?
Blue straggler means an unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.
What is blue straggler in Arabic?
Blue straggler in Arabic is نجوم زرقاء شاردَة. See Blue straggler meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is blue straggler?
Blue straggler is a noun.
What is the plural of blue straggler?
The plural of blue straggler is blue stragglers.

Words near blue straggler in the dictionary

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  3. blue starters
  4. blue state
  5. blue states
  6. blue straggler
  7. blue stragglers
  8. blue streak
  9. Blue Sucker
  10. Blue Suckers
  11. blue suit

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