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A star: Meaning and Definition of
A star
Pronunciation: [key]
— Astron. Astron.
- a blue to white star, as Altair, Sirius, or Vega, having a surface temperature between 7500 and 10,000 K and an absorption spectrum dominated by Balmer-series lines of hydrogen. Cf. spectral type.
