Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolf-rayet star

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: wolf-rayet s-tar
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of young, very hot stars that have a very strong stellar wind and consequent broad, strong emission lines.

Etymology

For Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet, French astronomers

Inflected Forms

Wolf-Rayet stars (plural)

Phrases

Wolf-Rayet galaxy

Synonyms

WR

Questions

What does wolf-rayet star mean?: Any of a class of young, very hot stars that have a very strong stellar wind and consequent broad, strong emission lines.
Where does wolf-rayet star come from?: For Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet, French astronomers

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