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red giant

Syllabification: (red gi·ant)
Definition of red giant

noun

Astronomy
  • a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature. Red giants are thought to be in a late stage of evolution when no hydrogen remains in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.

red giant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of red giant in the British & World English dictionary