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blitzar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blitzar
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.

noun

The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst.

Etymology

Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy.

Inflected Forms

blitzars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

blazar collapsar magnetar pulsar quasar Blitzer

Questions

What does blitzar mean?
A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.
Where does blitzar come from?
Blend of blitz + star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. By surface analysis, blitz + -ar.

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