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Wolf-Rayet star
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Wolf-Rayet star [ˈwʊlfˈreɪət]
n
(Astronomy) any of a small class of very hot intensely luminous stars surrounded by a rapidly expanding envelope of gas
[named after Charles Wolf (1827-1918) and Georges Rayet (1839-1906), French astronomers]
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