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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pulsar /ˈpʌlsɑː/

▶noun Astronomy a celestial object, thought to be a rapidly rotating neutron star, that emits regular rapid pulses of radio waves.

– origin 1960s: from puls(ating st)ar, on the pattern of quasar.

'pulsar' also found in these Oxford entries:

collapsar - glitch

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