"collapsar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: collapsars [plural]
Etymology: Blend of collapse + star, patterned after quasar, pulsar. By surface analysis, collapse + -ar Etymology templates: {{blend|en|collapse|star}} Blend of collapse + star, {{surf|en|collapse|-ar|id2=astronomy}} By surface analysis, collapse + -ar Head templates: {{en-noun}} collapsar (plural collapsars)
  1. (astronomy) The black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star. Wikipedia link: en:collapsar Synonyms: stellar black hole, SBH Derived forms: supercollapsar Related terms: hypernova Coordinate_terms: stellar mass black hole, StMBH Translations (black hole): 坍縮星 /坍缩星 (tānsuōxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kollapsari (Finnish), collapsar [masculine] (French), kolapsar [masculine] (Polish)

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