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gamma-ray burst

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
gam-ma-ray burst
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.

Inflected Forms

gamma-ray bursts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fast radio burst soft gamma repeater hypernova supernova

Synonyms

GRB

Questions

What does gamma-ray burst mean?
A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.

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