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Meaning of supernova in English

supernova
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈnəʊ.və/ us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈnoʊ.və/
plural supernovae uk
/-viː/ us
supernovas
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a star that has exploded, strongly increasing its brightness for a few months
 
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(Definition of supernova from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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They are created inside a star's core and are spread all over space during supernova explosions.
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We are also reminded that the waves are ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent energetic events such as exploding supernovae.
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These supernova explosions are a source of enrichment of the chemical composition of the interstellar medium.
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The shockwave formed by this sudden collapse causes the rest of the star to explode in a supernova.
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Experiments to produce a hydrodynamically unstable spherically diverging system of relevance to instabilities in supernovae.
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Possible radiation sources include flares from late-type parent stars, gamma-ray bursts, and gamma-ray lines from supernovae.
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Most cosmic rays will scatter and add a contribution comparable to the background from supernovae.
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They paid particular attention in the inner region to having an environment free of what they refer to as 'life-extinguishing ' supernovae.
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From supernova to consciousness: evolution of iron-binding compounds.
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Could a nearby supernova explosion have caused a mass extinction?
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Jets produced by these cones are used to study the physics of jets occurring in supernovae and in star-forming accretion disks.
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Moreover, the supernova irradiation would be spread out over a period of many months rather than seconds.
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This situation is expected within cloud fragments near a supernova.
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They are probably associated with some supernovae, producing narrow beams of radiation during gravitational collapse.
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Such elements are the product of nucleosynthesis triggered in the extreme physical conditions that occur in the supernova event itself.
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Translations of supernova

in Chinese (Traditional)
超新星（指因爆炸而數月內亮度大增的恆星）…
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超新星（指因爆炸而数月内亮度大增的恒星）…
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supernova…
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