magnetoid

noun

magnetoid

noun

Etymology From magnet + -oid.

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Astrophysics a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.

  • 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.1981, Victor J. Stenger, Dumand-80, page 194:

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