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infant star

infant star noun: synonym of protostar.

Noun

infant star (plural infant stars)

  1. Synonym of protostar.
    • Eventually, the energy released by the collapsing material raises the temperature in the core of an infant star enough to ignite self-sustaining nuclear reactions.1983, National Science Foundation Annual Report 1983, page 3
    • protostar: infant star in a gas cloud before it is hot enough for nuclear reactions to start2012, John Farndon, What Do We Know about Stars and Galaxies?, page 42
    Synonyms:
    protostar
  2. A newly formed star; a star that has just begun to sustain a fusion reaction.
    • Perhaps thy sight is wandering far Throughout the kindled sky, In tracing every infant star Amid the lights on high,1849, M. A. H., “The Dying Child”, in Echoes of Infant Voices, page 86
    • Emitted radiation and a stellar wind flow from the infant star.2006, Gregory L. Matloff, Deep Space Probes: To the Outer Solar System and Beyond, page 15

Examples of infant star in a sentence

  • As nuclear fusion ignites at the centre of an infant star, the outer regions of the gas cloud that formed it are still falling inwards.2022, Charles Liu, The Cosmos Explained:
  • In one discovery, Spitzer's infrared eyes have peered into the place where planets are born—the center of a dusty disc surrounding an infant star—and sped the icy ingredients of planets and comets.2008, Paul Hutchins, The Secret Doorway: Beyond Imagination, page 61:

Synonyms of infant star

Forms of infant star

pluralinfant stars

Questions about infant star

What does infant star mean?
Infant star means synonym of protostar.
How do you use infant star in a sentence?
As nuclear fusion ignites at the centre of an infant star, the outer regions of the gas cloud that formed it are still falling inwards.
What part of speech is infant star?
Infant star is a noun.
What is the plural of infant star?
The plural of infant star is infant stars.

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  9. Infantahin
  10. infantalize
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