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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GEMINGA

From Gemini + gamma ray.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GEMINGA

Geminga  [ɡɛˈmiːŋɡa] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEMINGA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geminga is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GEMINGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Geminga

Geminga is a neutron star approximately 250 parsecs away from the Sun in the constellation Gemini. Its name is both a contraction of "Gemini gamma-ray source", and gh'è minga "it's not there" in the Lombard dialect of Milan.

Definition of Geminga in the English dictionary

The definition of Geminga in the dictionary is one of the brightest and nearest gamma-ray sources, situated in the constellation Gemini. A pulsar, it is believed to be a spinning neutron star.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEMINGA

Gemarist
gematria
gemclip
gemeinschaft
Gemeinschaften
gemel
gemels
gemfibrozil
gemfish
geminal
geminally
geminate
geminated
geminately
gemination
Gemini
Gemini telescope
Geminian
Geminid
Geminorum

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEMINGA

ainga
alcheringa
anhinga
barasinga
bubinga
caatinga
churinga
cotinga
gringa
kainga
linga
Meninga
myringa
seringa
syringa

Synonyms and antonyms of Geminga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Geminga» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEMINGA

Find out the translation of Geminga to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Geminga from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Geminga» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Geminga
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Geminga
570 millions of speakers

English

Geminga
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Geminga
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Geminga
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Геминга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Geminga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Geminga
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Geminga
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geminga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geminga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゲミンガ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Geminga
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geminga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Geminga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Geminga
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिप्inga
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geminga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Geminga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Geminga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гемінга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Geminga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Geminga
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Geminga
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Geminga
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Geminga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Geminga

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEMINGA»

The term «Geminga» is used very little and occupies the 159.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEMINGA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Geminga

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEMINGA»

Discover the use of Geminga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Geminga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Platform-Independent Development of Robot Communication Software
Geminga triggers creation or removal of communication channels at the respective clients directly. Such channels may operate in one of the three modes shown below: • One-to-one (oto). One-to-one channels are configured and established ...
Philipp A. Baer, 2008
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Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, and ...
The GeminGa suPernoVa nine years after the publication of Earth Under Fire, scientists Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith published findings in general agreement with LaViolette's theory, with one important distinction: ...
Edward F. Malkowski, 2010
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Isolated Neutron Stars: From the Surface to the Interior: ...
Whatever is the nature of the large UV excess in RQINSs, we do not see it in B0656 and see a UV deficit in Geminga. The apparently smaller UV-emitting area of Geminga, as compared to the X-ray-emitting area, cannot be ex- plained by a ...
Silvia Zane, Roberto Turolla, Dany Page, 2007
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New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the ...
The CGRO was also expected to help with the solution to two long standing problems, namely the identification of the intense y-ray object called Geminga and that of the source of y-ray bursts (see Section 12.8), as described below.
David Leverington, 2000
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New Scientist
MONITOR FOR A DECADE, astronomers have been puzzled by the nature of the second-strongest gamma ray "star", nicknamed Geminga. Their bewilderment has increased in recent years with the discovery of a further 20 strong gamma ray  ...
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The Multi-Messenger Approach to High-Energy Gamma-Ray ...
The number of Geminga-like pulsars is very sensitive to the geometry of both the γ-ray and radio beams. Recent studies of the shape and polarization of pulse profiles of young radio pulsars have provided evidence that their radio emission ...
Josep M. Paredes, Olaf Reimer, Diego F. Torres, 2007
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Cosmic Rays for Particle and Astroparticle Physics - ...
The SHALON catalogue of Galactic gamma-quantum sources with energy > 0.8 TeV Sources Observable flux Distance (cm−2s−1) (kpc) Crab Nebula (Plerion) ( 1.72 ± 0.11) × 10−12 2 Cygnus X-3 (binary) (0.68 ± 0.07) × 10−12 10 Geminga ...
Giani Simone Et Al, 2011
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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: How a Stone-Age Comet ...
This image shows two supernova remnant pulsars, the Crab (right) and Geminga (left). Geminga is our candidate for the cause of the Event. Source: NASA, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory 2 billion miles away from the twelve-mile- diameter, ...
Richard Firestone, Allen West, Simon Warwick-Smith, 2006
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The Hundred Greatest Stars
GEMINGA. Think “pulsar” and think “radio.” These rotating neutron stars were first found in that low-energy radiation band. A few, however, led by the young CRAB PULSAR, spin so quickly and energetically that they radiate not just in the radio ...
James B. Kaler, 2002
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The Lives of the Neutron Stars
Five pulsars (Crab, Vela, PSR B 1706-44, PSR B 1055-52, and Geminga) have been detected with the GRO Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope ( EGRET) and three (Crab, Vela, and PSR B 1509-58) have been detected with OSSE.
M. A. Alpar, Ü. Kizilogammalu, Jan van Paradijs, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEMINGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Geminga is used in the context of the following news items.
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So Yeah, Black Holes Dont Exist After All
... a point raised by many real scientists too. Neutron Star geminga - Black Holes Dont Exist An Artist's Concept of a Neutron Star. Credit Link ... «WCCFtech, Jan 14»
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NRL Researcher Looks to Gamma Rays to Uncover Origin of …
(Left) The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray sky map showing the supernova remnant IC 443 in the direction of the Geminga and ... «U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Apr 13»
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Positrons Galore
524, A51 (2010); H. Yuksel, M. D. Kistler, and T. Stanev, “TeV Gamma Rays from Geminga and the Origin of the GeV Positron Excess,” Phys. «Physics, Apr 13»
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NASA Goddard astrophysicist wins prize for pulsar work
"Of those seven, only the Crab, Vela and Geminga were best suited for attempting to model how these objects produced gamma rays," Harding ... «Phys.Org, Feb 13»
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The Crab Nebula (M1): Facts, Discovery & Images
... emission form the Crab pulsar by showing the sky in between its pulses. In both images, the bright source below is the Geminga pulsar. At left ... «Space.com, Aug 12»
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Gemini Constellation: Facts About the Twins
Other notable objects in the constellation include the Eskimo Nebula, Medusa Nebula and Geminga, a neutron star. It also include Messier ... «Space.com, Jul 12»
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Image of the Day: Three of the Most Spectacular Objects of the …
Runner-up Geminga (image below), the gamma-ray pulsar, which means "it's not there" in Italian, is a sort of neutron star: the decaying core of ... «The Daily Galaxy, Jul 12»
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"Neutron Soup" --Pulsar Creates New Alien State of Matter
The dot to the left is the Geminga pulsar. It has long been assumed that neutrons in the cores of neutron stars become superfluid, but without ... «The Daily Galaxy, Apr 12»
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Superflare from Crab Nebula Has Astronomers Mystified
... emission form the Crab pulsar by showing the sky in between its pulses. In both images, the bright source below is the Geminga pulsar. At left ... «Space.com, May 11»
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Excess positrons are linked to Geminga pulsar
Now researchers in the US claim that the excesses can be linked to high-energy gamma rays emitted by the Geminga pulsar. Cold dark matter ... «physicsworld.com, Aug 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Geminga [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/geminga>. Apr 2024 ».
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