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| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | new | 28 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 suddenly gets thousands of times brighter | 4 sets |
| 7 | a star that gets 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 | the sudden increase in luminosity of a white dwarf caused by material from a nearby star falling into the white dwarf. | 2 sets |
| 11 | sudden increase in star intensity by ten thousands of times | 2 sets |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | a star that explodes into brightness and than fades | 2 sets |
| 14 | star that suddenly becomes much brighter then returns to its original brightness | 2 sets |
| 15 | an occurrence when a star suddenly flares up to many times its original brightness | 2 sets |
| 16 | a star that explosively increases in brightness | 2 sets |
| 17 | n.新星 | 2 sets |
| 18 | when a star flares up and becomes brighter than normal | 2 sets |
| 19 | a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process | 2 sets |
| 20 | (n) a star that increases in brightness then fades novus | 1 set |
| 21 | a star that suddenly brightens, appearing as a new star. | 1 set |
| 22 | white dwarf flares up. its the result of a collapsing star. | 1 set |
| 23 | when a white dwarf flares up-result of a collapsed star. | 1 set |
| 24 | a star that suddenly gets thousands of times brighter is a ______________. | 1 set |
| 25 | star that suddenly becomemuch brighter and then returnto itoriginal brightness | 1 set |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | star that suddenly greatly increases in brightness and soon after slowly becomes dimmer | 1 set |
| 28 | a star that suddenly gets hundreds of times brighter | 1 set |
| 29 | a star that has flared into intense brightness | 1 set |
| 30 | occasionally a star will suddenly flare up to many times its original brightness, such an occurence is called this | 1 set |
| 31 | the most violent and most exciting method of forming a nebula is by a _____ | 1 set |
| 32 | __________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 |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | a star that flares up to several times its original brightness for some time before returning to its original state. | 1 set |
| 35 | star that suddenly blows up and increases in brightness | 1 set |
| 36 | a star that suddenly gets 100,000 times brighter | 1 set |
| 37 | a star that suddenly increases in brightness up to 100 times in just a few hours a day | 1 set |
| 38 | star that fades in and out | 1 set |
| 39 | the red giant collapses as gravity again pulls the outer parts of the star toward the center. pressure and temperature increase. the outer layers of the star expand to form this. | 1 set |
| 40 | novus, novum, new, strange, adj | 1 set |
