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Definition of Supergiants
1. supergiant [n] - See also: supergiant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supergiants
Literary usage of Supergiants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... stars Is believed to be due to their sizes: those with absolute magnitudes
about о are called giants, mose of —4 to —7 are called supergiants. ..."
2. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"... gradually bend under the resistless pressure of the pack until they buckle up
and snap, there is a groaning as of supergiants in torment and a booming ..."
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