"dwarf star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dwarf stars [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|dwarf|star}} dwarf + star, {{cog|fy|dwerchster|t=dwarf star}} West Frisian dwerchster (“dwarf star”), {{cog|nl|dwergster|t=dwarf star}} Dutch dwergster (“dwarf star”), {{cog|de|Zwergstern|t=dwarf star}} German Zwergstern (“dwarf star”), {{cog|da|dværgstjerne|t=dwarf star}} Danish dværgstjerne (“dwarf star”), {{cog|sv|dvärgstjärna|t=dwarf star}} Swedish dvärgstjärna (“dwarf star”), {{cog|is|dvergstjarna|t=dwarf star}} Icelandic dvergstjarna (“dwarf star”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dwarf star (plural dwarf stars)
  1. (astronomy) 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. Wikipedia link: dwarf star Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms: dwarf, dwarfstar Hypernyms: main-sequence star Related terms: giant star, subdwarf Translations (star that is a located in the main sequence): نَجْم قَزَم (najm qazam) [masculine] (Arabic), estel nan [masculine] (Catalan), estrella nana [feminine] (Catalan), 矮星 (ǎixīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kääpiö (Finnish), étoile naine [feminine] (French), Zwergstern [masculine] (German), abhac [masculine] (Irish), abhacréalta [feminine] (Irish), 矮星 (waisei) (alt: わいせい) (Japanese), 왜성 (waeseong) (alt: 矮星) (Korean), pundurzvaigzne [feminine] (Latvian), punduris [masculine] (Latvian), myn-ghrian [feminine] (Manx), estrela anã [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́рликовая звезда́ (kárlikovaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), ка́рлик (kárlik) [masculine] (Russian), патуљаста звезда (patuljasta zvezda) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), estrella enana [feminine] (Spanish), dvärgstjärna (Swedish), sao lùn (Vietnamese)

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