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magnetoid

magnetoid noun: a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.

Noun

magnetoid (plural magnetoids)

  1. a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.
    • A young black hole formed in the center of galaxy can develop into the cocooned black hole or, as extreme possibility, into a magnetoid with a black hole inside.1981, Victor J. Stenger, Dumand-80, page 194

Forms of magnetoid

pluralmagnetoids

Origin of magnetoid

From magnet + -oid.

Questions about magnetoid

What does magnetoid mean?
Magnetoid means a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.
What part of speech is magnetoid?
Magnetoid is a noun.
What is the plural of magnetoid?
The plural of magnetoid is magnetoids.

Words near magnetoid in the dictionary

  1. magnetohydrodynamically
  2. magnetohydrodynamics
  3. magnetohydronamic
  4. magnetohydronamics
  5. magnetohydrostatic
  6. magnetoid
  7. magnetoids
  8. magnetoimmunosensor
  9. magnetoimmunosensors
  10. magnetoimpedance
  11. magnetoionic

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