Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 13 compound words that contain novas. The most common are listed below. Open novas in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- quark novasplural of quark nova: A hypothetical violent explosion resulting from the conversion of a neutron star to a quark star
- stellar novasplural of stellar nova: Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- bossa novasplural of bossa nova: A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
Compound words 13
- supernovasplural of supernova: A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
- casanovasplural of casanova: Alternative letter-case form of Casanova.
- bosenovasplural of bosenova: A very small, supernova-like explosion, which can be induced in a Bose-Einstein condensate by suitably changing its magnetic field.
- bossanovasplural of bossanova, Alternative form of bossa novas.
- Castronovasplural of Castronova: A surname from Italian.
- hypernovasplural of hypernova: The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- Ivanovasplural of Ivanova: A surname.
- kilonovasplural of kilonova: A type of supernova that is underluminous, caused by the merger of two neutron stars
- macronovasplural of macronova: A type of supernova that is underluminous, caused by the merger of two neutron stars
- micronovasplural of micronova: A stellar outburst about one millionth the strength of a classical nova.