subgiant
noun
sub·giant
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Definition of subgiant
: a star of such color and luminosity that it falls above the main sequence of the spectrum-luminosity diagram yet is not in the region of ordinary giant stars
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Origin and Etymology of subgiant
sub- + giant
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