General: A person of abnormally small height owing to a pathological
condition; an animal or plant much smaller than the average of its kind or
species.
Astro.: An adjective characterizing a particular type of object, as in
→ dwarf star, → dwarf galaxy,
→ dwarf planet.
See also:
→ blue compact dwarf galaxy,
→ brown dwarf,
→ brown dwarfcooling,
→ brown dwarfdesert,
→ DA white dwarf,
→ DB white dwarf,
→ DC white dwarf,
→ DO white dwarf,
→ double white dwarf,
→ DQ white dwarf,
→ Draco Dwarf,
→ dwarf Cepheid,
→ dwarf elliptical galaxy,
→ dwarf irregular galaxy,
→ dwarf nova,
→ dwarf spheroidal galaxy,
→ dwarf spiral galaxy,
→ dwarf starburst galaxy,
→ DZ white dwarf,
→ L dwarf,
→ M dwarf,
→ OB subdwarf,
→ red dwarf,
→ Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy,
→ Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy,
→ Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy,
→ subdwarf,
→ T dwarf,
→ tidal dwarf galaxy,
→ white dwarf,
→ white dwarf cooling track,
→ white dwarf crystallization,
→ Y dwarf.
Etymology (EN): Dwarf, from ME dwerg, dwerf, O.E. dweorg, dweorh, O.H.G.
twerg “dwarf,” from P.Gmc. *dweraz.
Etymology (PE): Kutulé, from kut “small, short” + Pers. diminutive suffix -ulé,
→ -ula. The first component kut is the base of kutâh
“short, small, little,” kudak “child, infant,” Mid.Pers. kôtâh
“low,” kôtak “small, young; baby;” the Mid/Mod.Pers. kucak
“small,” belongs to this fammily;
Av. kutaka- “little, small.”
