Usually means: Stable, hydrogen-burning phase stars.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. main sequence: Merriam-Webster
  2. main sequence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. main sequence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. main-sequence, main-sequence, main sequence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. main-sequence, main sequence: Wordnik
  6. main-sequence, main sequence: Wiktionary
  7. main sequence: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. main sequence: Dictionary.com
  9. Main-sequence, Main sequence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. main sequence: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. main sequence: FreeDictionary.org
  12. main sequence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Main-sequence, main sequence: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Main Sequence: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Main Sequence: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. JPL Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (main sequence)

noun:  (astronomy) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see main, sequence.

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