"gamma-ray burst" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gamma-ray bursts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamma-ray burst (plural gamma-ray bursts)
  1. (astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars. Wikipedia link: gamma-ray burst Categories (topical): Astronomy, Black holes, Neutron stars Synonyms: GRB [abbreviation] Coordinate_terms: fast radio burst (english: FRB), soft gamma repeater (english: SGR), hypernova (english: HN), supernova (english: SN) Translations (flash of gamma rays): gamma izpien eztanda (Basque), gammapurkaus (Finnish), sursaut gamma [masculine] (French), Gammastrahlenblitz [masculine] (German), Gammablitz [masculine] (German), gammablossi [masculine] (Icelandic), rois gháma-ghathach [feminine] (Irish)

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