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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

starry collapse: abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry eyes"

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

orb collapse: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

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

alight collapse: come down; "the birds alighted"; to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"

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

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

dazzling collapse: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones

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