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subluminous

adj

Etymology

From sub- + luminous.

  1. derived from lūminōsus
  2. borrowed from lumineus
  3. prefixed as subluminous — “sub + luminous”

Definitions

  1. Of lower luminosity

  2. Describing a star that is fainter than main-sequence stars of the same colour

The neighborhood

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