dwarf star
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dwarf + star. Compare West Frisian dwerchster (“dwarf star”), Dutch dwergster (“dwarf star”), German Zwergstern (“dwarf star”), Danish dværgstjerne (“dwarf star”), Swedish dvärgstjärna (“dwarf star”), Icelandic dvergstjarna (“dwarf star”).
Noun
[edit]dwarf star (plural dwarf stars)
- (astronomy) 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.
- Synonym: dwarf
- Hypernyms: main-sequence star < star < celestial body
- Hyponyms: red dwarf, blue dwarf, yellow dwarf, white dwarf, black dwarf, brown dwarf
- Coordinate terms: subgiant, giant, giant star, bright giant, supergiant, hypergiant
- 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[1], archived from the original on 24 September 2024:
- 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.
Descendants
[edit]- → Irish: abhacréalta (calque)
Translations
[edit]star that is a located in the main sequence
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