yellow supergiant

English

Noun

yellow supergiant (plural yellow supergiants)

  2. (astronomy) A supergiant star, of spectral type F or G, that is smaller than a red supergiant.
    Alternative form: YSG (initialism)
    Hypernyms: supergiant < star < celestial body
    Coordinate terms: RSG, red supergiant, BSG, blue supergiant; yellow dwarf
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