Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soft-gamma repeater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: soft--gam-ma re-peater
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An source of large gamma-ray bursts and X-rays at fluctuating intervals, thought to be a type of magnetar or neutron star.

Inflected Forms

soft-gamma repeaters (plural) soft gamma repeater (alternative)

Questions

What does soft-gamma repeater mean?: An source of large gamma-ray bursts and X-rays at fluctuating intervals, thought to be a type of magnetar or neutron star.

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