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A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- 2008, W. Becker, F, Haberl, J Trümper, 14: Pulsars and Isolated Neutron Stars, Joachim E. Trümper, Günther Hasinger (editors), The Universe in X-Rays, page 193, The radio-silent neutron stars include anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs), soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), and “quiescent” neutron star candidates in SNRs. There is growing evidence that AXPs and SGRs are indeed magnetars (see [109] for a review).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Blend of magnet + pulsar. By surface analysis, magnet + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
магнета́р
(magnetár)
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Chinese Mandarin:
磁星
(cíxīng)
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Finnish:
magnetar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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French:
magnétar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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German:
Magnetar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Greek:
μάγναστρο
(mágnastro)
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Italian:
magnetar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Polish:
magnetar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Spanish:
magnetar
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
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Spanish:
magnetoestrella
— pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field
