Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 4 compound words that contain pulsar. The most common are listed below. Open pulsar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- pulsar clockThe regular timing of pulses from a pulsar.
- binary pulsarA binary star system where one of the stars is a pulsar.
- double pulsarA binary star star system where both of the stars are pulsars.
- optical pulsarA rare type of neutron star that can be seen in the visible spectrum.
- pulsar wind nebulaSynonym of plerion: A nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar.
- rotation-powered pulsarA type of neutron star powered by its loss of rotational energy in its magnetic field.
- X-ray pulsarA type of binary star system containing a regular star orbiting a highly magnetized neutron star.
- millisecond pulsarA type of neutron star that rotates every ten milliseconds or less.
- accretion-powered pulsarSynonym of X-ray pulsar: A type of binary star system containing a regular star orbiting a highly magnetized neutron star.
- gamma pulsarA type of neutron star that accelerates charged particles in its strong magnetic field.
- pulsar clocksplural of pulsar clock: The regular timing of pulses from a pulsar.
- pulsar wind nebulasplural of pulsar wind nebula: A nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar.
Compound words 4
- magnetarA neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.
- circumpulsarSurrounding a pulsar
- pulsarlikeResembling or characteristic of a pulsar.
- radiopulsarA pulsar that emits only radio waves