Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

failed supernova

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: failed -su-per-no-va
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An event that ends the fusion lifetime of a large and massive star. It is a partial type-II supernova, where the collapse process occurs, but no significant rebound occurs, and the nascent black hole swallows the incoming implosion resulting in no outbound explosion or subsequent light burst.

Inflected Forms

failed supernovae (plural) failed supernovas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

supernova impostor supernova hypernova

Synonyms

unnova

Questions

What does failed supernova mean?: An event that ends the fusion lifetime of a large and massive star. It is a partial type-II supernova, where the collapse process occurs, but no significant rebound occurs, and the nascent black hole swallows the incoming implosion resulting in no outbound explosion or subsequent light burst.

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