a collapsed star, either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole
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col•lap•sar
(kə lap′sär),USA pronunciation n. [Astron.]
- Astronomy(formerly) a gravitationally collapsed star. Cf. black hole.
- collapse + -ar, extracted from pulsar, quasar, etc. 1970–75
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