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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a faint star of enormous density
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: white dwarf star
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: star
Coined by Dutch astronomer Willem Luyten in 1922.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قَزْم أَبْيَض
(qazm ʔabyaḍ)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Aragonese:
nana blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Asturian:
nana blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Catalan:
nana blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Chinese Mandarin:
白矮星
(bái'ǎixīng)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Czech:
bílý trpaslík
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Danish:
hvid dværg
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Dutch:
witte dwerg
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Esperanto:
blanka nano
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Estonian:
valge kääbus
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Finnish:
valkoinen kääpiö
— dead star of low or medium mass
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French:
naine blanche
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Galician:
anana branca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Georgian:
თეთრი ჯუჯა
(tetri ǯuǯa)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Georgian:
გადაგვარებული ჯუჯა
(gadagvarebuli ǯuǯa)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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German:
Weißer Zwerg
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Greek:
λευκός νάνος
(lefkós nános)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Hebrew:
נַנָּס לָבָן
(nanás laván)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Hindi:
श्वेत बौना तारा
(śvet baunā tārā)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Hungarian:
fehér törpe
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Irish:
abhac bán
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Italian:
nana bianca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Japanese:
白色矮星
(hakushokuwaisei)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Kazakh:
ақ ергежейлі
(aq ergejeilı)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Korean:
백색 왜성
(baeksaek waeseong)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Latvian:
baltais punduris
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Macedonian:
бело џуџе
(belo džudže)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Mongolian:
цагаан одой
(cagaan odoj)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Occitan:
nana blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Occitan:
naneta blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Polish:
biały karzeł
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Portuguese:
anã branca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Romanian:
pitică albă
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Russian:
бе́лый ка́рлик
(bélyj kárlik)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Serbo-Croatian:
бели патуљак
(beli patuljak)
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Slovene:
bela pritlikavka
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Spanish:
enana blanca
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Swedish:
vit dvärg
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Turkish:
beyaz cüce
— dead star of low or medium mass
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Vietnamese:
sao lùn trắng
— dead star of low or medium mass