pulsar
A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
A kind of
- neutron star
Related words
- circumpulsar
- pulsarlike
- radiopulsar
- accretion-powered pulsar
- rotation-powered pulsar
- millisecond pulsar
- optical pulsar
- gamma pulsar
- binary pulsar
- double pulsar
- pulsar clock
- pulsar wind nebula
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