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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
ULX (not comparable)
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of ultra-luminous X-ray. (the individual X-rays are not ultraluminous)
Derived terms
Noun
ULX (plural ULXs or ULX's)
- (astronomy) Ellipsis of ultraluminous X-ray pulsar (“ULX pulsar”).
- (astronomy) Ellipsis of ultraluminous X-ray source (“ULX source”).
Related terms
- HLX (“hyper-luminous X-ray source”)
- ULP (“ultra-luminous pulsar”)
- NULX (“number of ULX sources”)
- ULXB (“ultra-luminous x-ray burst”)
- ULIRG (“ultra-luminous infra-red galaxy”)
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