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noun
A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar.
