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Poltergeist

//ˈpoʊl.tɚˌɡaɪst// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A planet in Lich star system, Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; One of the pair of planets that were the first exoplanets which were discovered. A planet in orbit of the pulsar Lich (PSR B1257+12)

Noun

1
An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
"A poltergeist haunts the house by moving objects around, making chain-rattling noises and throwing things."
2
a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from German Poltergeist, from poltern (“to rumble”) + Geist (“ghost”). Cognate with English boulder and ghost.

Etymology 2

From poltergeist, the supernatural entity. From orbiting a neutron star, a "dead" star, a star that no longer contains a fusion core, but which is radiating away its stored energy.

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