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See also: neutron-star

neutron star ‎(plural neutron stars)

(astronomy) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.

star composed of neutrons

Arabic: نَجْم نْيُوتْرُونِيّ ‎(najm nyūtrūniyy)
Armenian: նեյտրոնային աստղ ‎(neytronayin astł)
Czech: neutronová hvězda f
Dutch: neutronenster (nl) c
Finnish: neutronitähti (fi)
French: étoile à neutrons (fr) f
German: Neutronenstern (de) m
Greek: αστέρας νετρονίων n ‎(astéras netroníon)
Icelandic: nifteindastjarna f
Interlingua: stella de neutrones
Irish: neodrónréalta f
Italian: stella neutronica f
Japanese: 中性子星 (ja) ‎(chūseishi-sei)
Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: nøytronstjerne m, f

Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytronstjerne f, nøytronstjerna f