starquake

[ stahr-kweyk ]

nounAstronomy.
  1. a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.

Origin of starquake

1
First recorded in 1965–70; star + (earth)quake

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