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starquake

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star⋅quake

[stahr-kweyk]
–noun Astronomy.
a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.

Origin:
1965–70; star + (earth)quake
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