fusor

English

Etymology

Coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, at the 2003 IAU conference; presumably fuse +‎ -or.

Noun

fusor (plural fusors)

1. (astronomy) A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs.

Translations

celestial body that, through self-gravity, can perform nuclear fusion in its core

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See also

• planemo
• fusor (astronomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fours, furos, roufs, uORFs