supergiant
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərˌdʒaɪənt/
- Specialized
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supergigante
- Rigel is a B supergiant.
- a red supergiant
- supergiant star
- a blue supergiant
So he just said that they are looking at the star, apparently a red supergiant star that's going to collapse into a white dwarf.
- So he just said that they are looking at the star, apparently a red supergiant star that's going to collapse into a white dwarf.
Examples
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Antares, a red supergiant star, displays a reddish tint.
Academic text (2007) -
So he just said that they are looking at the star, apparently a red supergiant star that's going to collapse into a white dwarf.
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And because it's a red supergiant, it's nearing the end of its life, right?
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And that star is a red supergiant, and we tell it like we see it in astrophysics.
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Betelgeuse in its supergiant phase is already terminal, with only hundreds or perhaps thousands of years left to it.
Academic text (1999) -
One out of a million stars in our galaxy is a normal supergiant star, yet fewer are hypergiants.
Academic text (2004) -
Antares, like Betelgeuse, is a supergiant with little longer to live.
Academic text (1999) -
Rigel is a B8Iab star or a blue supergiant.
Academic text (2005) -
Betelgeuse is an M2Iab star, or a red supergiant.
Academic text (2005) -
Deneb is one of the largest examples of a supergiant star in our galaxy.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large bright object in space that shines at night like the sun
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8.8
A very large bright star near the end of its life
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6.8
A very large bright star near the end of its life
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.9
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
How Large
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9.6
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8.5
- Specialized
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6.8
- Specialized
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6.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word supergiant comes from super meaning 'above' or 'very' and giant meaning 'very large'. So a supergiant is a star that is 'beyond giant', an extremely huge, bright star often near the end of its life.