Blitzar

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst. neologism
  2. 2
    The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst. neologism

Etymology

Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar.

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