"neutron star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neutron stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} neutron star (plural neutron stars)
  1. (astronomy) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium. Wikipedia link: neutron star Categories (topical): Neutron stars, Stars Hyponyms: magnetar, pulsar Related terms: black hole, collapsar, quasar Translations (star composed of neutrons): نَجْم نْيُوتْرُونِيّ (najm nyūtrūniyy) (Arabic), նեյտրոնային աստղ (neytronayin astġ) (Armenian), неутро́нна звезда́ (neutrónna zvezdá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estel de neutrons [masculine] (Catalan), estrella de neutrons [feminine] (Catalan), 中子星 (zhōngzǐxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), neutronová hvězda [feminine] (Czech), neutronenster [common-gender] (Dutch), neŭtrona stelo (Esperanto), neutronitähti (Finnish), étoile à neutrons [feminine] (French), Neutronenstern [masculine] (German), αστέρας νετρονίων (astéras netroníon) [neuter] (Greek), nifteindastjarna [feminine] (Icelandic), stella de neutrones (Interlingua), neodrónréalta [feminine] (Irish), stella neutronica [feminine] (Italian), 中性子星 (chūseishi-sei) (Japanese), 중성자별 (jungseongjabyeol) (Korean), nøytronstjerne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nøytronstjerne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nøytronstjerna [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ستاره نوترونی (Persian), gwiazda neutronowa [feminine] (Polish), estrela de nêutrons (Portuguese), estrela de neutrões [feminine] (Portuguese), ਨਿਉਟ੍ਰੋਨ ਤਾਰਾ (niuṭron tārā) [masculine] (Punjabi), stea neutronică [feminine] (Romanian), нейтро́нная звезда́ (nejtrónnaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), neutronska zvijezda (Serbo-Croatian), neutronska zvezda (Serbo-Croatian), nevtronska zvezda [feminine] (Slovene), estrella de neutrones [feminine] (Spanish), neutronstjärna (Swedish), bituin ng awansik (Tagalog), nötron yıldızı (Turkish), ılıncık yıldızı (Turkish), нейтронна зоря (nejtronna zorja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), seren niwtron [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "neutronska zvijezda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "neutronska zvezda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevtronska zvezda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrella de neutrones"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "neutronstjärna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "bituin ng awansik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "nötron yıldızı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "word": "ılıncık yıldızı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nejtronna zorja",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нейтронна зоря"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "star composed of neutrons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seren niwtron"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neutron star"
}

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