WHITE DWARF STAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white dwarf star mean? 

• WHITE DWARF STAR (noun)
  The noun WHITE DWARF STAR has 1 sense:

1. a faint star of enormous density

  Familiarity information: WHITE DWARF STAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE DWARF STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A faint star of enormous density

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

white dwarf; white dwarf star

Hypernyms ("white dwarf star" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star.

(First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found, ESO)

Scientists using NASA's repurposed Kepler space telescope, known as the K2 mission, have uncovered strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)

After that, all that remains of the star is what we see here: glowing outer layers surrounding a white dwarf star, the remnants of the red giant star’s core.

(Hubble Views Final Stages of a Star’s Life, ESA/NASA)

Today, they know that the Tycho remnant was created by the explosion of a white dwarf star, making it part of the so-called Type Ia class of supernovas used to track the expansion of the Universe.

(Chandra Movie Captures Expanding Debris from a Stellar Explosion, NASA)

Today, astronomers cite GK Persei as an example of a “classical nova,” an outburst produced by a thermonuclear explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star, the dense remnant of a Sun-like star.

("Mini Supernova" Explosion Could Have Big Impact, NASA)