blitzar

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Etymology

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

Noun

blitzar (plural blitzars)

1. (astronomy, neologism) A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.
2. (astronomy, neologism) The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst.

Hypernyms

• fast radio burst (FRB)

Related terms

• blazar (“blazing star (blazing quasi-star)”)
• collapsar (“collapsed star”)
• magnetar (“magnetic star”)
• pulsar (“pulsing star”)
• quasar (“quasi-star”)

See also

• Blitzer
• blitzer