"white dwarf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white dwarfs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} white dwarf (plural white dwarfs)
  1. (astronomy) A dying star of low or medium mass, more solid and dense but dimmer than the Sun. Wikidata QID: Q5871 Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms: WD Related terms: red giant, red dwarf, blue giant, brown dwarf, black dwarf Translations (white dwarf star): قَزْم أَبْيَض (qazm ʔabyaḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), nana blanca (Catalan), 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng) (Chinese Mandarin), bílý trpaslík [masculine] (Czech), hvid dværg (Danish), witte dwerg (Dutch), blanka nano (Esperanto), valge kääbus (Estonian), valkoinen kääpiö (Finnish), naine blanche [feminine] (French), თეთრი ჯუჯა (tetri ǯuǯa) (Georgian), გადაგვარებული ჯუჯა (gadagvarebuli ǯuǯa) (Georgian), Weißer Zwerg [masculine] (German), λευκός νάνος (lefkós nános) [masculine] (Greek), נַנָּס לָבָן (nanás laván) [masculine] (Hebrew), fehér törpe (Hungarian), abhac bán [masculine] (Irish), nana bianca [feminine] (Italian), 白色矮星 (hakushokuwaisei) (alt: はくしょくわいせい) (Japanese), ақ ергежейлі (aq ergejeilı) (Kazakh), 백색 왜성 (baeksaek waeseong) (alt: 白色矮星) (Korean), baltais punduris [masculine] (Latvian), бело џуџе (belo džudže) [neuter] (Macedonian), цагаан одой (cagaan odoj) (Mongolian), biały karzeł [masculine] (Polish), anã branca [feminine] (Portuguese), pitică albă [feminine] (Romanian), бе́лый ка́рлик (bélyj kárlik) [masculine] (Russian), бели патуљак (beli patuljak) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bela pritlikavka [feminine] (Slovene), enana blanca (Spanish), vit dvärg (Swedish), beyaz cüce (Turkish), sao lùn trắng (alt: 𣋀倫𤽸) (Vietnamese)

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