"boson star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boson stars [plural]
Etymology: From boson + star (“celestial body”). From being an astronomical object composed of mostly bosons, not a star or stellar remnant in the usual sense. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|boson|star|gloss2=celestial body}} boson + star (“celestial body”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boson star (plural boson stars)
  1. (astrophysics) A theoretical type of heavenly body composed of a form of boson that is self-repelling, what should be highly dense and bend spacetime in a manner approaching that of a black hole. Wikipedia link: en:boson star Categories (topical): Astrophysics Hypernyms: dark matter star (english: theoretical bosons that would compose a boson star are dark matter candidates), dark matter (english: boson stars are candidate dark matter particles) Hyponyms: axion star (alt: axion are a theoretical boson that may conform to the requirements needed for bosonic components of a boson star)
    Sense id: en-boson_star-en-noun-KBQPSguR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: astrophysics

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