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mergebursts

mergebursts is the plural of mergeburst.

Meaning of mergeburst

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

Questions about mergebursts

What is mergebursts the plural of?
Mergebursts is the plural of mergeburst.

Words near mergebursts in the dictionary

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

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