| nova definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | new | 27 sets |
| 2 | a variable star that suddenly increases in brightness to several times its normal magnitude and returns to its original appearance in a few weeks to several months or years | 13 sets |
| 3 | new, strange | 12 sets |
| 4 | star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness | 9 sets |
| 5 | a star that increases thousands of times in brightness and then fades | 7 sets |
| 6 | a star that gets brighter | 4 sets |
| 7 | a star that suddenly gets thousands of times brighter | 4 sets |
| 8 | a variable star that suddenly increases in brightness to several times its normal magnitude and returns to its original appearance in a few weeks to several months or years. | 3 sets |
| 9 | a star that suddenly flares up & fades away after a few months or years | 2 sets |
| 10 | a star that explodes into brightness and than fades | 2 sets |
| 11 | a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process | 2 sets |
| 12 | n.新星 | 2 sets |
| 13 | when a star flares up and becomes brighter than normal | 2 sets |
| 14 | a star in a binary system that experiences a sudden outburst of radiant energy, temporarily increasing its luminosity by a factor of between 10^4 and 10^6 | 2 sets |
| 15 | sudden increase in star intensity by ten thousands of times | 2 sets |
| 16 | the sudden increase in luminosity of a white dwarf caused by material from a nearby star falling into the white dwarf. | 2 sets |
| 17 | a star that explosively increases in brightness | 2 sets |
| 18 | star that suddenly becomes much brighter then returns to its original brightness | 2 sets |
| 19 | an occurrence when a star suddenly flares up to many times its original brightness | 2 sets |
| 20 | a star that suddenly gets 100,000 times brighter | 1 set |
| 21 | a star that suddenly increases in brightness up to 100 times in just a few hours a day | 1 set |
| 22 | __________is a star that suddenly increases in brightness up to a hundred times in a few hours or days. for more information see page 52 of your science textbook. | 1 set |
| 23 | star that suddenly becomemuch brighter and then returnto itoriginal brightness | 1 set |
| 24 | a variable star that suddenly increases in brightness to several times its normal magnitude and returns to its original appearence in a few weeks to several months or years | 1 set |
| 25 | star that fades in and out | 1 set |
| 26 | a star that flares up to several times its original brightness for some time before returning to its original state. | 1 set |
| 27 | very bright star formed when a red giant explodes off its outer layer | 1 set |
| 28 | the most violent and most exciting method of forming a nebula is by a _____ | 1 set |
| 29 | star that suddenly greatly increases in brightness and soon after slowly becomes dimmer | 1 set |
| 30 | a star that has flared into intense brightness | 1 set |
| 31 | occasionally a star will suddenly flare up to many times its original brightness, such an occurence is called this | 1 set |
| 32 | white dwarf with close binary companion that dumps gas on its surface cause thermo nuclear explosion | 1 set |
| 33 | a variable star that suddenly increaces in brightness to several times its nomal magnitude and returns to its original appearnce months or years | 1 set |
| 34 | novus, novum, new, strange, adj | 1 set |
| 35 | explodes outer atmosphere of star | 1 set |
| 36 | new star, will get bigger and brighter | 1 set |
| 37 | sudden increase in star intensity by ten thousands of times and goes back to normal intensity (larger stars explode in a supernova making heavy elements) | 1 set |
| 38 | a star that suddenly gets hundreds of times brighter | 1 set |
| 39 | a star that suddenly brightens, appearing as a new star. | 1 set |
| 40 | a star that suddenly gets thousands of times brighter is a ______________. | 1 set |
