magnetoid
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnetoid (plural magnetoids)
- (astrophysics) a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.[1]
- 1981, Victor J. Stenger, Dumand-80, page 194:
- A young black hole formed in the center of galaxy can develop into the cocooned black hole or, as extreme possibility, into a magnetoid with a black hole inside.