An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Be star
  ستاره‌یِ Be  
setâre-ye Be
Fr.: étoile Be  

A hot star of → spectral type B showing → Balmer lines in emission. Be stars are fast rotators (spinning at about 200 km/sec) and have strong → stellar winds with important → mass loss.

See also: B, referring to the spectral type; e for emission lines;
→ star.