supergiant

noun

su·​per·​gi·​ant ˈsü-pər-ˌjī-ənt How to pronounce supergiant (audio)
: something that is extremely large
especially : a star of very great intrinsic luminosity and enormous size
supergiant adjective

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Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Unlike other supergiants, however, a segment of Bathynomus vaderi’s back section narrows and curves backward in a unique way. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025 These supergiant crustaceans produce a small number of eggs — only in the hundreds — which hatch as miniature versions of the adults, Sidabalok said. Julianna Bragg, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025 Both the moon and Jupiter will be in the Taurus constellation during the close approach, appearing as two bright points above the red supergiant star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation and thus referred to as the eye of the bull. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supergiant

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of supergiant was in 1926

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“Supergiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supergiant. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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