An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

To do or say something again.

From O.Fr. repeter "say or do again, demand the return of," from L. repetere "do or say again, attack again," from → re- "again" + petere "go toward, seek, demand, attack"

Bâzgaršidan, infinitive of bâzgarš, → repetition.

A device that receives weak incoming signals, boosts the signal and then retransmits the signal.

Agent noun of → repeat.

A member of a small class of objects which emit intense bursts of → gamma rays and → X-rays (> 100 keV) at irregular intervals. The bursts last for some 100 milli-seconds. It is conjectured that they are → magnetars. See also → starquake.

→ soft; → gamma rays; → repeater.

Same as → soft gamma repeater (SGR).

→ soft; → gamma ray; → repeater.