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 Translation for 'white dwarf' from English to Dutch
NOUN   a white dwarf | white dwarfs / white dwarves
SYNO white dwarf | white dwarf star
astron.
witte dwerg {de}
white dwarf (star)
Partial Matches
dwerg {de}dwarf
astron.
dwergplaneet {de}
dwarf planet
visT
dwerglantaarnhaai {de} [Etmopterus perryi]
dwarf lanternshark
astron.
dwergster {de}
dwarf star
astron.
dwergsterren {mv}
dwarf stars
vogelk.T
baardkoekoek {de} [Microdynamis parva]
dwarf koel
astron.
dwergsterrenstelsel {het}
dwarf galaxy
vogelk.T
dwergkasuaris {de} [Casuarius bennetti]
dwarf cassowary
bot.T
kleine wolfsmelk {de} [Euphorbia exigua]
dwarf spurge
zoöl.T
breedvoorhoofdkrokodil {de} [Osteolaemus tetraspis]
dwarf crocodile
zoöl.T
dwerggordeldier {het} [Zaedyus pichiy]
dwarf armadillo
zoöl.T
pichi {de} [Zaedyus pichiy] [dwerggordeldier]
dwarf armadillo
bot.T
kleine maagdenpalm {de} [Vinca minor]
dwarf periwinkle
zoöl.T
ruigharige dwergmangoeste {de} [Helogale hirtula]
Ethiopian dwarf mongoose
zoöl.T
ruigharige dwergmangoeste {de} [Helogale hirtula]
desert dwarf mongoose
zoöl.T
ruigharige dwergmangoeste {de} [Helogale hirtula]
Somali dwarf mongoose
zoöl.T
kleinste potvis {de} [Kogia sima, syn.: Kogia simus]
dwarf sperm whale
zoöl.T
omurawalvis {de} [Balaenoptera omurai]
dwarf fin whale
zoöl.T
dwergmangoest {de} [Helogale parvula]
(common) dwarf mongoose
vogelk.T
Afrikaanse woudaap {de} [Ixobrychus sturmii]
(African) dwarf bittern
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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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