post-main sequence
Astronomy
adjective
Designating a star which is too old to lie within the main sequence on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, i.e. one which no longer has hydrogen fusion at its core and is relatively cool or dim, such as red giant.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Science.
- cabin cruiser
- Cabinda
- cabinet
- cabinetmaker
- cabinetmaking
- cabinet minister
- cabinet photograph
- cabinet pudding
- cabinetry
- cabinet wine
- cabin fever
- cabin mate
- cable
- cable car
- cablegram
- cable-knit
- cable-laid
- cable modem
- cable moulding
- cable railway
- cable-ready
- cable release
- cable-stayed bridge
- cable stitch
- cable television