FLARE STAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("flare star" is a kind of...):

red dwarf; red dwarf star (a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter)

Instance hyponyms:

Proxima; Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years)

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