supernova

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
Something brilliant.

/ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-supernova.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-supernova.wav

supernova supernovae supernovæ supernovas

From super- + nova.

dwarf nova hypernova micronova nova red nova unnova

failed supernova go supernova presupernova stripped-envelope supernova supernova impostor supernoval supernova remnant

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