PULSAR


Meaning of PULSAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpəl-ˌsär ]

noun

Etymology: pulse + -ar (as in quasar )

Date: 1968

: a celestial source of pulsating electromagnetic radiation (as radio waves) characterized by a short relatively constant interval (as .033 second) between pulses that is held to be a rotating neutron star

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