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Meaning of dark star | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles).
  2. A black hole: star so massive that its escape velocity is above the speed of light, making the star dark, as no light can escape.
    obsolete
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, star.

Equivalents

Türkçe karanlık yıldız

CEFR level

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

dark store dark territory dark tourism dark tourist dark traffic dark triad

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