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magnetars

magnetars is the plural of magnetar.

Meaning of magnetar

Noun

magnetar (plural magnetars)

  1. A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.
    • This signal could be detected with Advanced LIGO-class detectors up to the distance of the Virgo cluster, where ≥ 1 yr⁻¹ magnetars are expected to form.2007, S. Dall'Osso, L. Stella, “Newborn magnetars as sources of gravitational radiation: constraints from high energy observations of magnetar candidates”, in Silvia Zane, Roberto Turolla, Dany Page...

Questions about magnetars

What is magnetars the plural of?
Magnetars is the plural of magnetar.

Words near magnetars in the dictionary

  1. magnetabsorption
  2. magnetar
  3. magnetarch
  4. magnetarium
  5. magnetariums
  6. magnetars
  7. Magnetawan
  8. magnetelastic
  9. magnetelectrical
  10. magnetencephalographies
  11. magnetencephalography

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