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nova

noun
/ˈnəʊ.və/UK/ˈnoʊ.və/US

Etymology

Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.

  1. derived from novus

Definitions

  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

  2. Ellipsis of classical nova

  3. plural of novum

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A female given name from Latin.

      • Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?
      • He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."

    2. Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.

    3. Alternative letter-case form of NoVA.

    4. Acronym of Northern Virginia.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of NoVA (“North Virginia”).

    6. Initialism of notification of vehicle arrival.

    7. Acronym of neuro-oncological ventral antigen.

The neighborhood

Derived

classical nova, dwarf nova, failed supernova, hypernova, kilonova, macronova, micronova, novalike, nova-like, nova remnant, quark nova, recurrent nova, red nova, stellar nova, supernova, supernova imposter, supernova remnant, unnova

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nova. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA