PULSAR


Meaning of PULSAR in English

[ 'pʌlsα: ]

■ noun Astronomy a celestial object, thought to be a rapidly rotating neutron star, that emits regular rapid pulses of radio waves.

Origin

1960s: from puls(ating st)ar , on the pattern of quasar .

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