magnetoid

English

Etymology

From magnet +‎ -oid.

Noun

magnetoid (plural magnetoids)

1. (astrophysics) a supermassive rotating highly magnetized star at the center of a compact galactic nucleus.
   • 1981, Victor J. Stenger, Dumand-80, page 194:

     A young black hole formed in the center of galaxy can develop into the cocooned black hole or, as extreme possibility, into a magnetoid with a black hole inside.