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supergiant

su·per·gi·ant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soo-per-jahy-uh nt]
    • /ˈsu pərˌdʒaɪ ənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soo-per-jahy-uh nt]
    • /ˈsu pərˌdʒaɪ ənt/

Definitions of supergiant word

  • noun supergiant Astronomy. supergiant star. 1
  • noun supergiant an extremely large or powerful person, company, thing, etc. 1
  • adjective supergiant extremely large; immense. 1
  • noun supergiant any of a class of extremely large and luminous stars, such as Betelgeuse, which have expanded to a large diameter and are eventually likely to explode as supernovae 0
  • noun supergiant an immense and extremely luminous star, as Betelgeuse or Antares, that has a diameter at least 100 times that of the sun and that is 100 to more than 10,000 times as bright 0
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Origin of supergiant

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; super- + giant

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Parts of speech for Supergiant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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supergiant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • supergiant star

    Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.

  • antares

    the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a variable binary star whose main component, a red supergiant, is associated with a fainter green component. Visual magnitude: 1.2 (red), 6.8 (green); spectral type: M1.5Ib (red); distance: 600 light years

  • betelgeuse

    a very remote luminous red supergiant, Alpha Orionis: the second brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star

  • giant star

    a star having a diameter of from 10 to 100 times that of the sun, as Arcturus or Aldebaran.
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