| 释义 |
wolf-ra·yet star
\¦wu̇lfrīˈā-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized W&R
Etymology: after Charles Wolf died 1918 & Georges Rayet died 1906 French astronomers
: any of a class of stars whose spectra are characterized by very broad bright lines especially of helium, carbon, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen that indicate very hot unstable stars |