Usually means: Star-like object, insufficient fusion mass.
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  1. brown dwarf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. brown dwarf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. brown dwarf: Collins English Dictionary
  4. brown dwarf: Wiktionary
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  9. brown dwarf: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Brown Dwarf: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
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  4. brown dwarf: Nine Planets Glossary
  5. BROWN DWARF: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brown dwarf)

noun:  (astronomy) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.

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