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mergeburst

mergeburst noun: an outburst of energy following a merger of two stars.

Noun

mergeburst (plural mergebursts)

  1. An outburst of energy following a merger of two stars.
    • This suggests that it was a mergeburst of a K-type main sequence star and a lower mass companion. The distance estimate is uncertain and the peak luminosity is ≈ −6mag. It is plausible that other Galactic events also have similar[…]2012 01, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Bridging the Gap: Elusive Explosions in the Local Universe, Universal-Publishers, →ISBN, page 129
    • One idea, put forward by Tylenda and Noam Soker of the Israeli Institute of Technology, is that the explosion was a 'mergeburst', formed by the collision and merger of two stars. Computer simulations of such an event neatly describe[…]2012 September 20, Giles Sparrow, The Universe: In 100 Key Discoveries, Quercus Publishing, →ISBN

Examples of mergeburst in a sentence

  • At the time it was suggested that this was yet another example of a mergeburst – an object undergoing an outburst following a collision or merger event.2013 September 5, David S. Stevenson, Extreme Explosions: Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts, Springer...
  • One hypothesis is that this was a mergeburst: the scream of two stars colliding.2018 August 7, New Scientist, A Journey Through The Universe:: A traveler's guide from the center of the sun to the edge of the unknown...

Forms of mergeburst

pluralmergebursts

Origin of mergeburst

From merge + burst.

Questions about mergeburst

What does mergeburst mean?
Mergeburst means an outburst of energy following a merger of two stars.
How do you use mergeburst in a sentence?
At the time it was suggested that this was yet another example of a mergeburst – an object undergoing an outburst following a collision or merger event.
What part of speech is mergeburst?
Mergeburst is a noun.
What is the plural of mergeburst?
The plural of mergeburst is mergebursts.

Words near mergeburst in the dictionary

  1. merge-sorted
  2. merge-sorting
  3. merge-sorts
  4. mergeability
  5. mergeable
  6. mergeburst
  7. mergebursts
  8. merged
  9. mergee
  10. mergees
  11. Mergen

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