giant star

collocation in English

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giant
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/us
/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
extremely ...
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star
noun
uk
/stɑːr/us
/stɑːr/
a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky ...
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(Definition ofgiantandstarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The primary is agiantstarwith a stellar classification of.
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These originate in the stellar wind escaping from thegiantstar.
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This is agiantstarthat has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and has evolved away from the main sequence.
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On an inspiration, they scan "inside" the redgiantstar, and discover a truly ancient rocky world which the star had enveloped in its expansion.
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The star is now approaching the end of its life, and has expanded its outer envelope to become a redgiantstar.
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It is an evolvedgiantstarwith an orange hue.
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A faint companion is in orbit around the redgiantstar, although it is not visible to the naked eye.
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The fleet's stay at the planet is cut short when the world is destroyed after the bluegiantstarthe planet is orbiting goes nova.
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One way to gain the additional mass would be by accreting gas from agiantstar(or even main sequence) companion.
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The mass transfer occurred when the now-observedgiantstarwas on the main sequence.
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Enormous numbers of neutrinos are produced in the core of a redgiantstaras it collapses on itself.
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Its most likely status is as a core-helium fusinggiantstar, although it could be in transition to gianthood with a tranquil helium core.
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The main star is classified as agiantstarwith an orange tint.
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The star would be an unusually large and brightgiantstarfor the given mass, possibly as the result of very high mass loss.
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The primary star is an orangegiantstar.
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At a surface temperature of 8,700 kelvins, this star is actually on the verge of becoming agiantstar.
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This is the first ionized nebula to be have been discovered around a redgiantstar.
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Its inner end is well above the plane of the local ecliptic and its outer end appears inside the photosphere of a redgiantstar.
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During this stage, the redgiantstarbegins to slowly expel its outermost layers of material.
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She wore a silvery leotard with agiantstaron her shoulder and tassels.
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