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 Translation for 'white dwarf' from English to French
NOUN   a white dwarf | white dwarfs / white dwarves
SYNO white dwarf | white dwarf star
astron.
naine {f} blanche
white dwarf
Partial Matches
nain {adj}dwarf
nabot {m} [péj.]dwarf
nain {m}dwarf
astron.
planète {f} naine
dwarf planet
bot.T
bois-joli {m} [Daphne mezereum]
dwarf laurel
ichtyo.T
ptérois {m} nain [Dendrochirus brachypterus]
dwarf lionfish
ichtyo.T
poisson-dindon {m} [Dendrochirus brachypterus]
dwarf lionfish
orn.T
casoar {m} de Bennett [Casuarius bennetti]
dwarf cassowary
bot.T
bois-joli {m} [Daphne mezereum]
dwarf bay
zool.T
paresseux {m} nain [Bradypus pygmaeus]
dwarf sloth
bot.T
chèvrefeuille {m} des haies [Lonicera xylosteum]
dwarf honeysuckle
orn.T
coucou {m} à tête noire [Microdynamis parva]
dwarf koel
astron.
galaxie {f} naine
dwarf galaxy
nabote {f} [péj.]dwarf [female]
bot.T
mille-feuille {f} [Achillea millefolium] [aussi : millefeuille]
dwarf yarrow
bot.cuis.T
haricot {m} vert
dwarf bean
bot.T
achillée {f} naine [Achillea nana]
dwarf milfoil
bot.T
laîche {f} humble [Carex humilis]
dwarf sedge
bot.T
genévrier {m} commun [Juniperus communis ssp. alpina, syn. : J. communis var. saxatilis]
dwarf juniper
bot.T
alisier {m} nain [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]
dwarf medlar
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Usage Examples English
  • Other hamster species commonly kept as pets are the three species of dwarf hamster, Campbell's dwarf hamster ("Phodopus campbelli"), the winter white dwarf hamster ("Phodopus sungorus") and the Roborovski hamster ("Phodopus roborovskii").
  • BL Hydri is another close binary system composed of a low-mass star and a strongly magnetic white dwarf.
  • Even later, the Sun will become a white dwarf.
  • Located around 4 degrees northeast of Alpha is T Pyxidis, a binary star system composed of a white dwarf with around 0.8 times the Sun's mass and a red dwarf that orbit each other every 1.8 hours.
  • They result from the supernova explosion of a massive star, combined with gravitational collapse, that compresses the core past white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei.

  • Recurrent nova processes are the same as the classical nova, except that the fusion ignition may be repetitive because the companion star can again feed the dense atmosphere of the white dwarf.
  • The Sun will produce a planetary nebula and its core will remain behind in the form of a white dwarf.
  • ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a variable red giant (Mira A) along with a white dwarf companion (Mira B).
  • After the hydrogen fuel at the core has been consumed, the star evolves away from the main sequence on the HR diagram, into a supergiant, red giant, or directly to a white dwarf.
  • In astronomical objects with strong gravitational fields the redshift can be much greater; for example, light from the surface of a white dwarf is gravitationally redshifted on average by around 50 km/s/c (around 170 ppm).

  • The Chandrasekhar limit (...) is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. The currently accepted value of the Chandrasekhar limit is about [...] (...).
  • Diamonds may exist in carbon-rich stars, particularly white dwarfs.
  • Once they have exhausted their supply of hydrogen through nuclear fusion, medium- to low-mass stars shed their outer layers to form a planetary nebula and evolve into white dwarfs.
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