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starquakes

starquakes is the plural of starquake.

Meaning of starquake

Noun

starquake (plural starquakes)

  1. A violent tremor or quake that occurs on or near the surface of a star, especially a collapsed star.
    • Astronomers call the sudden changes in the neutron star starquakes. The energy released in a starquake is enormous and flows out from the star into the space surrounding it. After the 1969 starquake on the Crab pulsar, a wave of energy was seen to flow outwards, rippling through the centre of the...1985, Paul Murdin, Lesley Murdin, New Astronomy, page 131

Questions about starquakes

What is starquakes the plural of?
Starquakes is the plural of starquake.

Words near starquakes in the dictionary

  1. starplots
  2. starport
  3. starports
  4. starproof
  5. starquake
  6. starquakes
  7. starr
  8. Starr County
  9. Starr Gate
  10. starra
  11. starre

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