fast radio burst

English

Etymology

fast +‎ radio +‎ burst

Noun

fast radio burst (plural fast radio bursts)

  1. (astronomy) a tight band of radio-frequency waves that lasts only a millisecond, which packs the energy of millions of years of Solar output
  2. (astronomy) by extension, an instance of one of the phenomena which generate such a burst
  3. (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”)
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