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   nova
   A start that experiences a sudden outburst of radiant energy, temporarily increasing its luminosity by hundreds to thousands of times before fading back to its original luminosity.
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   Nova
   A nova is a faint star that suddenly erupts in brightness.
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   nova
   [n] - a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
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   Nova
   A star that suddenly flares up to several times its normal brightness. Typically they remain bright for a short period before fading back into obscurity.
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   The apparent 'brightening of a star' in the sky. This is caused by material drawn from a companion star igniting.
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   Nova
   An existing star which suddenly increases its brightness by more than 10 magnitudes and then slowly fades.
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   Nova
   A star which suddenly becomes many times brighter than previously, and then gradually fades. See also: Star.
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   (processor) A minicomputer(?) introduced by Data General in 1969, with four 16-bit accumulators, AC0 to AC3, and a 15-bit program counter. A later model also had a 15-bit stack pointer and frame pointer. AC2 and AC3 could be used for indexed addressing and AC3 was used to store the return address on a subroutine call. Apart from the small regist...
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   NOVA
   Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
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    Nova
    No'va (nō'vȧ) noun ; plural Latin Novæ (-vē), English Novas (-vȧz). [ Latin , fem. sing. of novus new.] (Astron.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. The most imp ...
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    nova
    noun a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
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    A `nova` (pl. `novae`) is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star. Novae are not to be confused with Type Ia supernovae, or another form of stellar explosion first announced by Caltech in May 2007, Luminous Red Novae.
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    • (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities.
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    (from the article `Venus`) ...the surface in a radial pattern. This results in a distinctive starburst of faults and fractures, often lying atop a broad, gently sloping ...
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    (from the article `Antonio, Nicolás`) first systematic historian of Spanish literature. His Bibliotheca Hispana appeared in two parts (Nova, 1672; Vetus, 1696). The first is a vast ...
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    any of a class of exploding stars whose luminosity temporarily increases from several thousand to as much as 100,000 times its normal level. A nova ... [6 related articles]
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    Nova
    Nova is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `new ` Where is it used? The name Nova is mainly used In English. Nova doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Nova appeared In the top-1000 was 78 years ago, In 1930. It ranked #820 In that year. . 1900 was a `top year` for the name Nova. (Based on 128 years of n
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    nova
    nova A star that suddenly increases dramatically in brightness and then fades to its original luminosity over a short period of months or years.
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    (rocket) A proposed post-Saturn launch vehicle for space missions of 1970 and beyond. Larger even than the Saturn V, the Nova would have been capable of placing a manned spacecraft on a direct ascent to the Moon. A nuclear-powered upper stage equipped with NERVA engines had been...
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    (satellites) United States Navy satellite navigation system compatible with the Transit system, of which 15 spacecraft together with three satellites of the Transit Improvement Program, had been placed in orbit by the time Nova 1 was launched. Nova was superceded by NAVSTAR-GPS....
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    Artist's illustration of a classical nova system just before an explosion on the surface of the white dwarf. Classical novas occur in a system where a white dwarf closely orbits a normal, companion star. In this illustration, gas is flowing from the large red,companion star into a disk and then onto...
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    nova
    nova: see supernova; variable star.
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