"rotating radio transient" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rotating radio transients [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotating radio transient (plural rotating radio transients)
  1. Sources of short, bright radio pulses, thought to be pulsars. Synonyms: RRAT
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