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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dwarf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: main-sequence star, star, celestial body
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”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَجْم قَزَم
(najm qazam)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Catalan:
estel nan
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Catalan:
estrella nana
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Chinese Mandarin:
矮星
(ǎixīng)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Finnish:
kääpiö
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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French:
étoile naine
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Galician:
estrela anana
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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German:
Zwergstern
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Hindi:
बौना तारा
(baunā tārā)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Irish:
abhac
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Irish:
abhacréalta
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Japanese:
矮星
(waisei)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Korean:
왜성
(waeseong)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Latvian:
pundurzvaigzne
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Latvian:
punduris
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Manx:
myn-ghrian
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Portuguese:
estrela anã
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Russian:
ка́рликовая звезда́
(kárlikovaja zvezdá)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Russian:
ка́рлик
(kárlik)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Serbo-Croatian:
патуљаста звезда
(patuljasta zvezda)
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Spanish:
estrella enana
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Swedish:
dvärgstjärna
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Turkish:
cüce yıldız
— star that is a located in the main sequence
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Vietnamese:
sao lùn
— star that is a located in the main sequence
