English Explanatory Dictionary

blitzar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.
  2. The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst.

Word forms

blitzar blitzars

Etymology

Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar.

Related words

blazar collapsar magnetar pulsar quasar Blitzer
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