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dwarf stars

dwarf stars is the plural of dwarf star.

Meaning of dwarf star

Noun

dwarf star (plural dwarf stars)

  1. A star that is located in the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, though generally excluding the small minority which fall in the blue band due to their large size and high luminosity; fuses hydrogen into helium in its core.
    • The study team said it’s likely the star was a companion to a white dwarf star, which is the remaining core of a dead star that has expelled the gases that serve as its nuclear fuel.2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024
    Synonyms:
    dwarf

Questions about dwarf stars

What is dwarf stars the plural of?
Dwarf stars is the plural of dwarf star.

Words near dwarf stars in the dictionary

  1. dwarf spheroidal galaxies
  2. dwarf spheroidal galaxy
  3. dwarf spheroidals
  4. dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
  5. dwarf star
  6. dwarf stars
  7. dwarf tapeworm
  8. dwarf thistle
  9. dwarf thistles
  10. dwarf tinamou
  11. dwarf tinamous

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