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supernova collapse: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

nova collapse: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

quasar collapse: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

pulsar collapse: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

Hyades collapse: (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward

Pleiades collapse: a star cluster in the constellation Taurus; (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion

Polaris collapse: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the little dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it

Phosphor collapse: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

comet collapse: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

population collapse: the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"; (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"; a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"; the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"; the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"

black hole collapse: a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field

magnitude collapse: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"; relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"

lodestar collapse: something that serves as a model or guide; guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy

colonel collapse: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

sunlit collapse: lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon"; "violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace Stegner

lighted collapse: set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"

starlike collapse: resembling a star; "they saw a starlike object in the sky"

subaltern collapse: a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

commander collapse: someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others; a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

solar collapse: relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun; "solar eclipse"; "solar energy"

sidereal collapse: (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time"; of or relating to the stars or constellations; "sidereal bodies"; "the sidereal system"

interstellar collapse: between or among stars; "the density of hydrogen in interplanetary and interstellar space"

astrophysical collapse: of or concerned with astrophysics; "astrophysical sciences"

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