fast radio burst
English
Etymology
fast + radio + burst
Noun
fast radio burst (plural fast radio bursts)
- (astronomy) a tight band of radio-frequency waves that lasts only a millisecond, which packs the energy of millions of years of Solar output
- (astronomy) by extension, an instance of one of the phenomena which generate such a burst
- (astronomy) by extension, an object from which the phenomenon occurs
Hyponyms
- blitzar (a phenomenon which emits such a burst)
Derived terms
- FRB (abbreviation)
- fast radio burster
Coordinate terms
- GRB (“gamma ray burst”)