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millinova

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
milli-no-va
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A transient astronomical event, where a bright explosion occurs accompanied by a burst of soft X-rays, becoming a transient soft X-ray source. Explosion source is as yet unidentified, though thought to be produced by white dwarfs, similarly to classical nova, dwarf nova, type Ia supernova, though less powerful. Millinova can be recurrent.

Etymology

milli- + nova. From being a transient event akin to a nova, but much less powerful.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

millinovas (plural) millinovae (plural)

Phrases

classical nova dwarf nova red nova

Frequently Paired Words

classical nova dwarf nova hypernova kilonova macronova micronova nova red nova

Questions

What does millinova mean?
A transient astronomical event, where a bright explosion occurs accompanied by a burst of soft X-rays, becoming a transient soft X-ray source. Explosion source is as yet unidentified, though thought to be produced by white dwarfs, similarly to classical nova, dwarf nova, type Ia supernova, though less powerful. Millinova can be recurrent.
Where does millinova come from?
milli- + nova. From being a transient event akin to a nova, but much less powerful.

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