prenova
/priːˈnəʊvə/Astronomy
adjective
Preceding development of a star into a nova.
noun
A star prior to its becoming a nova.
Origin
1930s. From pre- + nova.
- phaser
- phase reaction
- phase rotation
- phase rule
- phase-sensitive
- phase separation
- phase sequence
- phase shift
- phase shifter
- phase-shifting
- phase space
- phase splitter
- phase-splitting
- phase switch
- phase transformation
- phase transition
- phase velocity
- phase-wound
- phasianid
- phasianine
- phasianoid
- phasic
- phasing
- phasis
- phasitron