NOVA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: novae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("nova" is a kind of...):

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

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