Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of classical nova
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈnəʊ.və/
Etimologia (Inglês)
Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.