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Noun
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a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
Usage examples
- However, this was later retracted, just before the first real pulsar planets were announced.
- Initially this star system was thought to be an ordinary pulsar detection.
- The paper announcing the discovery of pulsars had five authors.
- This search effort is designed to find radio pulsars in tight binary systems.
- A whole range of differing two-body systems can occur, where a pulsar exists.