"blitzar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blitzars [plural]
Etymology: Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar. Etymology templates: {{C|en|Stars}}, {{blend|en|blitz|star}} Blend of blitz + star, {{surf|en|blitz|-ar|id2=astronomy}} By surface analysis, blitz + -ar Head templates: {{en-noun}} blitzar (plural blitzars)
  1. (astronomy, neologism) A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst. Tags: neologism
    Sense id: en-blitzar-en-noun-U236lIQ- Categories (other): English neologisms, Astronomy, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ar (astronomy), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Black holes, Neutron stars, Stars Disambiguation of English blends: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar (astronomy): 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Black holes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Neutron stars: 78 22 Disambiguation of Stars: 70 30 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (astronomy, neologism) The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst. Tags: neologism
    Sense id: en-blitzar-en-noun-tXYkVsk- Categories (other): English neologisms, Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: fast radio burst (alt: FRB) Related terms: blazar (english: blazing star (blazing quasi-star)), collapsar (english: collapsed star), magnetar (english: magnetic star), pulsar (english: pulsing star), quasar (english: quasi-star), Blitzer, blitzer

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