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Chandrasekhar limit

Chan·dra·sek·har lim·it [ shndrə say kaar límmit ]


noun 
Definition:
 
upper limit of star's mass: the upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf star beyond which the star collapses to a neutron star or a black hole

[After Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995), U.S. astrophysicist]
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