stripped-envelope supernova
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stripped-envelope supernova (plural stripped-envelope supernovae)
- (astronomy) A supernova whose spectrum lacks, or is highly deficient in, hydrogen lines, and where the star has already blown away its outer hydrogen envelope, having exposed the lower enveloping helium layer, prior to the explosion.
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- core-collapse supernova
- kilonova
- type-IIa supernova
- type-II supernova
- type-Ia supernova
- type-I supernova