"runaway star" meaning in English

See runaway star in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: runaway stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} runaway star (plural runaway stars)
  1. (astronomy) A star that has a relatively high velocity relative to its surroundings; typically the result of a supernova in a binary star system Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-runaway_star-en-noun-9PXo~BuN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for runaway star meaning in English (1.1kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runaway stars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "runaway star (plural runaway stars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "en:Astronomy",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A star that has a relatively high velocity relative to its surroundings; typically the result of a supernova in a binary star system"
      ],
      "id": "en-runaway_star-en-noun-9PXo~BuN",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "velocity",
          "velocity"
        ],
        [
          "supernova",
          "supernova"
        ],
        [
          "binary star",
          "binary star"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) A star that has a relatively high velocity relative to its surroundings; typically the result of a supernova in a binary star system"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runaway star"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runaway stars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "runaway star (plural runaway stars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A star that has a relatively high velocity relative to its surroundings; typically the result of a supernova in a binary star system"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "velocity",
          "velocity"
        ],
        [
          "supernova",
          "supernova"
        ],
        [
          "binary star",
          "binary star"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) A star that has a relatively high velocity relative to its surroundings; typically the result of a supernova in a binary star system"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runaway star"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.