Definition of supergiant in English:
supergiant
noun ˈsuːpədʒʌɪəntˈsupərˌdʒaɪənt
Astronomy A very large star that is even brighter than a giant, often despite being relatively cool.
Example sentencesExamples
- The discovery confirms the accepted theory that type II supernovas are produced when elderly, bloated stars known as red supergiants run out of nuclear fuel and collapse.
- It was suggested that the red supergiant orbited a companion star that had shredded its outer layers just before the explosion.
- This new heat supply causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, and the star becomes a red giant, or a red supergiant if it is very massive.
- This is a blue supergiant star with luminosity 1,300 times that of our own Sun.
- In fact, it has become the coolest supergiant star ever found and all because of a single observation made by a dedicated amateur astronomer in Australia.
Definition of supergiant in US English:
supergiant
nounˈsupərˌdʒaɪəntˈso͞opərˌjīənt
Astronomy A very large star that is even brighter than a giant, often despite being relatively cool.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a blue supergiant star with luminosity 1,300 times that of our own Sun.
- It was suggested that the red supergiant orbited a companion star that had shredded its outer layers just before the explosion.
- In fact, it has become the coolest supergiant star ever found and all because of a single observation made by a dedicated amateur astronomer in Australia.
- This new heat supply causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, and the star becomes a red giant, or a red supergiant if it is very massive.
- The discovery confirms the accepted theory that type II supernovas are produced when elderly, bloated stars known as red supergiants run out of nuclear fuel and collapse.