supernova. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

supernova

SYLLABICATION:	su·per·no·va
PRONUNCIATION:	spr-nv
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. su·per·no·vae (-v) or su·per·no·vas A rare celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of most of the material in a star, resulting in an extremely bright, short-lived object that emits vast amounts of energy.


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