magnetic star
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of magnetic star
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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In the Sextans constellation 4,500 light-years away, a dead, magnetic star rotates 592 times in a second, emanating electromagnetic beams like an oscillating lighthouse out into the universe.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023
Now researchers may have pinned down one possible pathway to a magnetar by finding an unusually massive and magnetic star that might be on the cusp of forming one of these enigmatic objects.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
Five losing seasons followed, but this year the plan came together, with the highest-paid Padres — Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers — all producing, and Fernando Tatis Jr. emerging as a magnetic star.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2020
Clinton doesn’t want a magnetic star; she wants a steady supporter.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2016
Columbus and Paracelsus, for example, believed that the magnet was attracted by some point in the heavens, such as a magnetic star.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
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