unnova

English

Alternative forms
  • un-nova

Etymology

From un- +‎ nova. From being similar to a supernova-process collapse, without the bright novalike outburst.

Noun

unnova (plural unnovae or unnovas)

  1. (astronomy) The collapse of a star which cannot explode in a supernova.

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