pulsar
A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodicallyA rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
» For decades, scientists have been trying to figure out exactly how pulsars work.
Seit Jahrzehnten schon versuchen Wissenschaftler zu ergründen, wie genau Pulsare funktionieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesA rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
Pulsar
пульса́рpulʹsár
пульса́рpulʹsár
a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
Examples
8 sentencesFor decades, scientists have been trying to figure out exactly how pulsars work.
deSeit Jahrzehnten schon versuchen Wissenschaftler zu ergründen, wie genau Pulsare funktionieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The software quietly runs computations in the background, searching for unusual objects such as pulsars.
Pulsars are compact and rapidly rotating neutron stars which are the remains of stars that have exploded.
My first car was a Nissan Pulsar.
ruМоя первая машина была Nissan Pulsar. — BW
Poltergeist, Phobetor and Draugr are three exoplanets that orbit the pulsar Lich.
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Origin
Blend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers ABlend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. By surface analysis, pulse + -ar
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