compact star

noun

A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncompact star (plural compact stars)

plural compact stars

  1. astronomyA type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.

Translations

Afrikaans kompakte ster
  • kompakte stertype of celestial body
Basque izar konpaktu
  • izar konpaktutype of celestial body
Catalan estrella compacta
  • estrella compactatype of celestial body
Chinese Cantonese 緻密星 /致密星
  • 緻密星 /致密星type of celestial body
Chinese Mandarin 緻密星 /致密星
  • 緻密星 /致密星 (zhìmìxīng)type of celestial body
Czech kompaktní hvězda
  • kompaktní hvězdatype of celestial body
Finnish kompakti tähti
  • kompakti tähtitype of celestial body
French objet compact
  • objet compacttype of celestial body
German kompaktes Objekt, kompakter Stern
  • kompaktes Objekttype of celestial body
  • kompakter Sterntype of celestial body
Hungarian kompakt csillag
  • kompakt csillagtype of celestial body
Indonesian bintang padat
  • bintang padattype of celestial body
Italian stella degenere
  • stella degeneretype of celestial body
Japanese コンパクト星
  • コンパクト星 (konpakutosei)type of celestial body
Korean 밀집성
  • 밀집성 (miljipseong)type of celestial body
Latin stella degener
  • stella degenertype of celestial body
Norwegian Bokmål kompakt objekt
  • kompakt objekttype of celestial body
Polish gwiazda zdegenerowana
  • gwiazda zdegenerowanatype of celestial body
Portuguese estrela compacta
  • estrela compactatype of celestial body
Romanian stea compactă
  • stea compactătype of celestial body
Russian компактная звезда, компактный объект
  • компактная звезда (kompaktnaja zvezda)type of celestial body
  • компактный объект (kompaktnyj obʺjekt)type of celestial body
Slovak kompaktná hviezda
  • kompaktná hviezdatype of celestial body
Spanish estrella compacta
  • estrella compactatype of celestial body
Swedish kompakt objekt, kompakt stjärna
  • kompakt objekttype of celestial body
  • kompakt stjärnatype of celestial body
Thai ดาวมวลอัดแน่น
  • ดาวมวลอัดแน่น (daao-muuan-àt-nɛ̂n)type of celestial body
Turkish sıkışık yıldız
  • sıkışık yıldıztype of celestial body
Ukrainian компактна зоря
  • компактна зоря (kompaktna zorja)type of celestial body
Vietnamese sao đặc
  • sao đặctype of celestial body
Cite this entry
APA

compact star. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20star

MLA

“compact star.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20star. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compact star,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compact%20star.

Source: compact star on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.