white dwarf

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Noun

white dwarf (plural white dwarfs or (rare) white dwarves)

2. (astronomy) The dim, highly dense core remnant that is the final stage in the evolution of a star of low or medium mass, after nuclear reactions have ceased.

Synonyms

• WD (abbreviation)

Translations

dead star of low or medium mass

• Arabic: قَزْم أَبْيَض m (qazm ʔabyaḍ)
• Aragonese: nana blanca f
• Asturian: nana blanca f
• Catalan: nana blanca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白矮星 (zh) (bái'ǎixīng)

• Czech: bílý trpaslík (cs) m
• Danish: hvid dværg
• Dutch: witte dwerg (nl) m
• Esperanto: blanka nano
• Estonian: valge kääbus
• Finnish: valkoinen kääpiö (fi)
• French: naine blanche (fr) f
• Galician: anana branca f
• Georgian: თეთრი ჯუჯა (tetri ǯuǯa), გადაგვარებული ჯუჯა (gadagvarebuli ǯuǯa)
• German: Weißer Zwerg (de) m
• Greek: λευκός νάνος m (lefkós nános)
• Hebrew: נַנָּס לָבָן (he) m (nanás laván)
• Hindi: श्वेत बौना तारा m (śvet baunā tārā)
• Hungarian: fehér törpe (hu)
• Irish: abhac bán m
• Italian: nana bianca f
• Japanese: 白色矮星 (ja) (はくしょくわいせい, hakushokuwaisei)
• Kazakh: ақ ергежейлі (aq ergejeilı)
• Korean: 백색 왜성(白色矮星) (baeksaek waeseong)
• Latvian: baltais punduris m
• Macedonian: бело џуџе n (belo džudže)
• Mongolian: цагаан одой (cagaan odoj)
• Occitan: nana blanca f, naneta blanca f
• Polish: biały karzeł m
• Portuguese: anã branca f
• Romanian: pitică albă (ro) f
• Russian: бе́лый ка́рлик (ru) m (bélyj kárlik)
• Serbo-Croatian: бели патуљак m (beli patuljak)
• Slovene: bela pritlikavka (sl) f
• Spanish: enana blanca (es) f
• Swedish: vit dvärg (sv)
• Turkish: beyaz cüce
• Vietnamese: sao lùn trắng (vi) (𣋀倫𤽸)

See also

• blue giant
• red giant
• yellow dwarf
• red dwarf
• brown dwarf
• black dwarf
• blue dwarf