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pulsar

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 10.12.2024

Meanings

korrapäraselt sähvatavaid kiirgusimpulsse andev ja väga kiiresti pöörlev neutrontäht

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  • Tähest jääb järele kas neutrontäht, mis mõnikord käitub pulsari või röntgenikiirteallikana.
  • Kõik pulsarid on neutrontähed ent kõik neutrontähed ei ole pulsarid – vähemalt Maalt vaadatuna.

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Domain astronomyastrophysics
  • Kiirelt pöörlev neutrontäht, mille vaadeldava kiirgus intensiivsus pulseerib väga korrapäraselt
  • rapidly spinning neutron star whose magnetic field produces conal beam of electromagnetic radiation that sweeps past the Earth with each rotation of the star
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  • Kõik pulsarid on neutrontähed, kõik neutrontähed aga ... pole pulsarid.
pulsar
Usage examples
  • The precise periods of pulsars make them very useful tools. Observations of a pulsar in a binary neutron star system were used to indirectly confirm the existence of gravitational radiation. The first extrasolar planets were discovered around a pulsar, PSR B1257+12. Certain types of pulsars rival atomic clocks in their accuracy in keeping time.

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

pulsar pulsarid
pulsari pulsarite
pulsarit pulsareid

Etymology

laensõna
  • pulsar Verbi pulse 'pulseerima' tuletis
    • pulsar 'pulsar'

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