Mass transfer came to an end when the surface layers of the mass-losing star were depleted, and the core slowly shrunk to a white dwarf.
The core shrank, grew again, fragmented, then reassembled itself.
In cutting Hamilton, who had asked to be released, and Holmes, the Jets' core of older players has shrunk.
The Empire fell in 1917; the core of its industrial workers shrank from 3.6 million in 1917 to 1.5 million in 1920.
When there is no GUT, the defect is a singularity - the core shrinks to a point.
Milled cores are then sintered and shrink to the correct size.
If a third pair of traders is added, the core of the market shrinks further.
Now the core shrinks to a size much smaller than a white dwarf in a fraction of a second.
It is formed when the massive star explodes and its core shrinks under gravity.
The core of anger was shrinking; it had almost disappeared, and Rod could feel the last tendrils of rage withdrawing into it.