Meaning Of The Word Nova

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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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