An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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pre-WD star
  ستاره‌ی ِ پیش-کوتوله‌ی ِ سفید  
setâre-ye piš-kutule-ye sefid
Fr.: étoile pré-naine blanche  

A → post-planetary nebula star that is approaching the top of the → white dwarf sequence. These stars have exhausted the capacity of → nuclear burning in their cores.

See also: → pre-; → white; → dwarf.