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white dwarf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Coined by Dutch astronomer Willem Luyten in 1922.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova. And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova. […] When white dwarfs explode, they create heavy elements that could exist around J1249+36. 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, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:

Forms

Relateds

black dwarf · blue dwarf · red dwarf · red giant · blue giant · yellow dwarf · brown dwarf

Synonyms

WD

Translations (40)

sh бели патуљак (dead star of low or medium mass) · oc nana blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · sv vit dvärg (dead star of low or medium mass) · cmn 白矮星 (dead star of low or medium mass) · nl witte dwerg (dead star of low or medium mass) · pl biały karzeł (dead star of low or medium mass) · da hvid dværg (dead star of low or medium mass) · ka გადაგვარებული ჯუჯა (dead star of low or medium mass) · tr beyaz cüce (dead star of low or medium mass) · hi श्वेत बौना तारा (dead star of low or medium mass) · ro pitică albă (dead star of low or medium mass) · ru бе́лый ка́рлик (dead star of low or medium mass) · ast nana blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · ja 白色矮星 (dead star of low or medium mass) · et valge kääbus (dead star of low or medium mass) · cs bílý trpaslík (dead star of low or medium mass) · ko 백색 왜성 (dead star of low or medium mass) · hu fehér törpe (dead star of low or medium mass) · ar قَزْم أَبْيَض (dead star of low or medium mass) · kk ақ ергежейлі (dead star of low or medium mass) · es enana blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · mn цагаан одой (dead star of low or medium mass) · vi sao lùn trắng (dead star of low or medium mass) · gl anana branca (dead star of low or medium mass) · de Weißer Zwerg (dead star of low or medium mass) · mk бело џуџе (dead star of low or medium mass) · eo blanka nano (dead star of low or medium mass) · pt anã branca (dead star of low or medium mass) · sl bela pritlikavka (dead star of low or medium mass) · oc naneta blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · ka თეთრი ჯუჯა (dead star of low or medium mass) · fr naine blanche (dead star of low or medium mass) · ca nana blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · an nana blanca (dead star of low or medium mass) · lv baltais punduris (dead star of low or medium mass) · fi valkoinen kääpiö (dead star of low or medium mass) · ga abhac bán (dead star of low or medium mass) · he נַנָּס לָבָן (dead star of low or medium mass) · it nana bianca (dead star of low or medium mass) · el λευκός νάνος (dead star of low or medium mass)

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