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Meaning of blue straggler | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.

Equivalents

العربية نجوم زرقاء شاردَة
Català estrella endarrerida blava
Deutsch Blaue Nachzügler Blauer Nachzügler
Español estrella rezagada azul

Examples

“This boosted the mass of the companion, turning it into a blue straggler, while reducing the companion to a sub-dwarf B star.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

blue streak Blue Sucker blue suit blue supergiant blue swallow blue swimmer crab

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