How to pronounce pulsar
American English pronunciation
PUL-sar
- IPA
- /ˈpʌlsɑɹ/
- Syllables
- PUL · sar (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What pulsar means
A collapsed, spinning star that sends out steady radio pulses
In a sentence: The telescope picked up a pulsar blinking out radio signals like a lighthouse.
Where it comes from: It is short for pulsating star. Scientists shaped it to sound like quasar, another word for a far-off object in space.
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