Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quark nova

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: quark no-va
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypothetical violent explosion resulting from the conversion of a neutron star to a quark star

Inflected Forms

quark novae (plural) quark novas (plural) quark-nova (alternative)

Questions

What does quark nova mean?: A hypothetical violent explosion resulting from the conversion of a neutron star to a quark star

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