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SE SN

SE SN is the abbreviation of stripped-envelope supernova.

Meaning of stripped-envelope supernova

Noun

stripped-envelope supernova (plural stripped-envelope supernovae)

  1. A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.
    Synonyms:
    SE SN

Forms of SE SN

pluralSE SNe

Questions about SE SN

What is SE SN the abbreviation of?
SE SN is the abbreviation of stripped-envelope supernova.

Words near SE SN in the dictionary

  1. SDWT
  2. SDWTs
  3. SDY
  4. se
  5. se defendendo
  6. SE SN
  7. SE SNe
  8. se'night
  9. se'nights
  10. se'nnight
  11. se'nnights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SE SN (page history and authors); stripped-envelope supernova (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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