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red giant

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.

Equivalents

Españolgigante roja
Françaisgéante rouge
DeutschRoter Riese
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Examples

“Maji orbits the Vamshi binary giant stars. Vamshi-A is a blue star of spectral class A4III which burns at half again the temperature of Sol. Vamshi-B is an aging red giant of class M5III, over 220 times the size of Sol.”

CEFR level

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

red ginger red gold red goods red goose red grape red grouse

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