Meaning Of The Word Nova
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Nova Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Nova?
nova in American English
a type of variable star that suddenly increases in brightness by thousands to hundreds of thousands of times up to 14 magnitudes, and then decreases in brightness over a period of months to years noun: a Pacific salmon cured in the style of Nova Scotia salmon noun: a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity nova in British English noun: a variable star that undergoes a cataclysmic eruption, observed as a sudden large increase in brightness with a subsequent decline over months or years; it is a close binary system with one component a white dwarf |
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