■ noun Astronomy a series of types to which most stars other than giants, supergiants, and white dwarfs belong.
Origin
1920s: so named because they occupy a broad band on a graph of magnitude against spectral type.
■ noun Astronomy a series of types to which most stars other than giants, supergiants, and white dwarfs belong.
Origin
1920s: so named because they occupy a broad band on a graph of magnitude against spectral type.
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