Usually means: Star surrounded by circumstellar gas disk.
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  1. shell star: Collins English Dictionary
  2. shell star: Wiktionary
  3. shell star: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. shell star: Dictionary.com
  5. Shell star: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. shell star: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shell star: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shell star)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A rapidly-rotating star that has an equatorial circumstellar disc of gas

Similar:
field star, starspot, standard star, starshade, clockstar, fixed star, double star, star system, clock star, pole-star, more...

Opposite:
core star, non-shell star, non-pulsating star

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Similar:
field star, starspot, standard star, starshade, clockstar, fixed star, double star, star system, clock star, pole-star, more...

Opposite:
core star, non-shell star, non-pulsating star



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