collapsar


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
collapsar /kəˈlapsɑː/
noun Astronomy an old star that has collapsed under its own gravity to form a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.
– origin late 20th cent.: from collapse, on the pattern of words such as pulsar.
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