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dark star

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
dark- s-tar
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles).

noun

A black hole: star so massive that its escape velocity is above the speed of light, making the star dark, as no light can escape.

Obsolete

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, star.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dark stars (plural)

Questions

What does dark star mean?
An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles).

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