supernova

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super- + nova

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Singular
supernova

Plural
supernovas or supernovae

supernova (plural supernovas or supernovae)

  1. (astronomy) A star which explodes, increasing its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).

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supernova f. (plural supernovas)

  1. supernova

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supernova f. (plural supernove)

  1. supernova

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supernova m. (plural supernovas)

Singular
supernova m.

Plural
supernovas m.

  1. supernova
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