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Meanings of blue straggler in English
Russian
голубая отставшая звёзда Portuguese
estrela retardatária azul Catalan
endarrerida blava Spanish
estrella rezagada azul 
Main-sequence star in an open or globular cluster that is more luminous and bluer than stars at the main sequence turnoff point for the cluster.
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Usage of blue straggler in English
1
The two merged into the single, massive, blue star called a blue straggler that Hubble observed.
2
By merging into a blue straggler, the two original stars managed to look like a star one-fifth its true age.
3
The twilight was deepening over the field when a shout rose from the tangled masses of blue stragglers by the bridge.
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Translations for blue straggler
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