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Wolf-Rayet star (iou)



Wolf-Rayet star noun phr. L19.
[from C. J. E. Wolf (1827-1918) + G. A. P. Rayet (1839-1906), French astronomers.]
Astronomy. Any of a class of hot white to blue stars characterized by bright broad spectral lines due to hydrogen, helium, carbon, or nitrogen, believed to be short-lived and unstable.