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supernoval

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Etymology

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From supernova +‎ -al.

Adjective

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supernoval

  1. Of or relating to a supernova.
    • 1968, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, page 67:
      Part of the problem in studying them is that supernoval explosions occur rather infrequently.
    • 1992, Henry H[ermann] Bauer, Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method, University of Illinois Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 9:
      With all that, one can then appreciate and learn at least the outline—essential for the scientifically literate person—of the story of the universe: big bang, evolution of stars and galaxies, formation of solar systems from supernoval debris.
    • 2002, Brian Stableford, Dark Ararat, Tor Books, →ISBN:
      On the other hand, Hope had been in the new system for three years, and if the system contained an Earthlike planet it must also be rich in other supernoval debris.
    • 2019, Richard L. Newell, “Episode Three: Tale of the Telltale Tail”, in Patriot Children: A Four-Part Family-Oriented Science Fiction Mystery Novel; Upholding Time-Honored Judeo-Christian Traditions and Values, →ISBN, page 187:
      A selected few of them exploded in supernoval splenditude and degenerated into neutron stars.