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Meaning
noun a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
originBlend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. By surface analysis, pulse + -ar
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