giant star

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giant star (plural giant stars)

  2. (astronomy) A star that has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core, and as a result has grown much larger and brighter; it is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
    Synonym: giant
    Hypernyms: star < celestial body
    Hyponyms: red giant, blue giant
    Coordinate terms: dwarf star, dwarf, subgiant, bright giant, supergiant, hypergiant

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