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Chandrasekhar limit in American English
noun: the mass limit above which a star has too much mass to become a white dwarf after gravitational collapse, approximately 1.44 solar masses

Chandrasekhar limit in British English
noun: the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf, equal to 1.44 solar masses. A star having a mass above this limit will continue to collapse to form a neutron star

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