white dwarf
US /waɪt dwɔːrf/
UK /waɪt dwɔːf/
名詞
白色矮星
a small, very dense star that is typically the size of a planet, formed when a low-mass star has exhausted its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers
例:
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The Sun will eventually become a white dwarf after it sheds its outer layers.
太陽は外層を放出した後、最終的に白色矮星になります。
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Sirius B was the first white dwarf to be discovered by astronomers.
シリウスBは、天文学者によって発見された最初の白色矮星でした。