WordNet
n. a small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter [syn: red dwarf]
Usage examples of "red dwarf star".
The asteroid cluster came into visual range now, the flash of the Star Destroyer's sixty turbolaser batteries lighting up the interior like a tiny red dwarf star.
They must have come from a world smaller than Earth, circling a red dwarf star in close orbit.
The system's red dwarf star, Aber, casts little in the way of visible light upon the planet, instead emitting infrared radiation that keeps the atmosphere within a habitable range.
The third stellar component of the system, Proxima Centauri, was a much smaller red dwarf star, in excess of 400 times more distant from A and B than they were from each other.
They would never notice a red dwarf star at their doorstep, or if they did notice it, they would dismiss it as unfit for human life –.