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Wolf-Ra⋅yet star

  [woolf-rahy-ey; Fr. vawlf-ra-ye]
–noun
a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
Also called W-R star.

Origin:
1885–90; after French astronomers Charles J. E. Wolf (1827–1918) and Georges Rayet (1839–1906)
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