English Explanatory Dictionary

fast radio burst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tight band of radio-frequency waves that lasts only a millisecond, which packs the energy of millions of years of Solar output.
  2. An instance of one of the phenomena which generate such a burst.
  3. An object from which the phenomenon occurs.

Word forms

fast radio burst fast radio bursts

Derived words

FRB fast radio burster
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