main-sequence turn-off
Astronomy
noun
(More fully main-sequence turn-off point) the point on a Hertzsprung–Russell diagram beyond which all brighter stars have left the main sequence and have started to evolve into giants.
Origin
1960s.
- carboxyl-terminal
- carboxymethylated
- carboxymethylation
- carboxymethylcellulose
- carboxypeptidase
- carboxypolypeptidase
- carboxy-terminal
- carboxy terminus
- carboy
- car bra
- carbro
- carbuncle
- carbuncled
- carbuncly
- carbuncular
- carburant
- carburation
- carburet
- carburetant
- carbureted
- carbureted air
- carbureted hydrogen
- carbureted water gas
- carbureting
- carburetor