"brown dwarf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown dwarfs [plural], brown dwarves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|brown dwarves}} brown dwarf (plural brown dwarfs or brown dwarves)
  1. (astronomy) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion. Wikipedia link: brown dwarf Categories (topical): Nuclear fusion, Stars Related terms: sub-brown dwarf, black dwarf, red dwarf, white dwarf Translations (starlike object): nana marró (Catalan), 褐矮星 (hè'ǎixīng, hé'ǎixīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 棕矮星 (zōng'ǎixīng) (Chinese Mandarin), hnědý trpaslík [masculine] (Czech), brun dværg [common-gender] (Danish), Bruine Dwerg [masculine] (Dutch), bruna nano (Esperanto), ruskea kääpiö (Finnish), naine brune [feminine] (French), ყავისფერი ჯუჯა (q̇avisperi ǯuǯa) (Georgian), Brauner Zwerg [masculine] (German), ננס חום (Hebrew), barna törpe (Hungarian), brúnn dvergur (Icelandic), abhac donn [masculine] (Irish), nana bruna [feminine] (Italian), 褐色矮星 (kasshoku-waisei) (alt: かっしょくわいせい) (Japanese), кафеаво џуџе (kafeavo džudže) [neuter] (Macedonian), brązowy karzeł [masculine] (Polish), anã marrom [feminine] (Portuguese), anã castanha [feminine] (Portuguese), кори́чневый ка́рлик (koríčnevyj kárlik) [masculine] (Russian), смеђи патуљак (smeđi patuljak) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hnedý trpaslík (Slovak), rjava pritlikavka [feminine] (Slovene), enana marrón (Spanish), brun dvärg (Swedish)

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