fusor

American  

[fyooz-awr] / ˈfjuz ɔr /

noun

fusors plural

1. Astronomy. a celestial body, such as a brown dwarf, that can undergo nuclear fusion in its core during part of its lifetime.

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fusor Scientific  

/ fyo̅o̅′zôr /

1. Any of a proposed category of celestial objects that undergo nuclear fusion in their cores at some point during their lifetimes, the least massive of which are about 13 times Jupiter's mass and sustain the fusion of deuterium atoms into heavier elements.

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• fusors
  plural