nova
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈnəʊ.və//
- États-Unis//ˈnoʊ.və//
Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
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Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova. And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova.
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Variante de classical novaEllipsis of classical nova
Étymologie
Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.
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Aussi une forme de novumplural of novum
Étymologie
Blend of novum + Latin -a. From the Latin -a suffix used as the plural suffix form for singular words ending with -um (an inflection of -us).
Formes
- pluriel
- novae, novas
nova · Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
Nova · A female given name from Latin.Novak · A surname.novel · Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent…