dwarf star
A star that is located in the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, though…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.
» If our sun is a dwarf star, imagine how big the others must be.
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1 sensesA 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.
Zwergstern
ка́рликовая звезда́kárlikovaja zvezdá, ка́рликkárlik
Examples
6 sentencesIf our sun is a dwarf star, imagine how big the others must be.
TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf star.
Seven earthlike planets have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away.
deEs wurden sieben erdähnliche Planeten entdeckt, die einen ca. 40 Lichtjahre entfernten Zwergstern umkreisen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
As crazy as it seems, dwarf stars can be 20 times bigger than our sun.
It's amazing that the Sun is a dwarf star.
ruНевероятно, что Солнце — карликовая звезда. — odexed
deEs ist erstaunlich, dass die Sonne ein Zwergstern ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From dwarf + star. Compare West Frisian dwerchster (“dwarf star”), Dutch dwergster (“dwarfFrom 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”).
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