Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stripped-envelope supernova

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: stripped-en-velope -su-per-no-va
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.

Inflected Forms

stripped-envelope supernovae (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stripped envelope supernova core-collapse supernova kilonova type-IIa supernova type-II supernova type-Ia supernova

Synonyms

SE SN

Questions

What does stripped-envelope supernova mean?: A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.

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