White Dwarf Definition

white-dwarfs, white-dwarf
noun
A planet-sized, very dense, collapsed star, the fuel of which has been exhausted: initially very bright and hot, it gradually evolves into a black dwarf.
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Synonyms:
  • white-dwarf-star

Other Word Forms of White Dwarf

Noun

Singular:
white dwarf
Plural:
white-dwarfs

White Dwarf Sentence Examples

  • Observations of white dwarfs The first white dwarfs The first white dwarf star to be found was the companion to the bright star Sirius.

  • Nova outbursts occur when a close companion star transfers fresh hydrogen fuel to a burned-out white dwarf.

  • We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy 's largest diamond, says Metcalfe.

  • It features a race against time as mankind must discover what is making our sun unstable, before we are obliterated when the sun, a white dwarf incapable of it by all the known physical laws, becomes a supernova.

  • This process often produces a planetary nebula, with the white dwarf star at its center.

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