QUASAR

quasar, quasi-stellar radio source

(noun) a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

quasar (plural quasars)

(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

Synonyms

• Q

• QSO, quasi-stellar object

• (dated) QSR, quasi-stellar radio-source

• (obsolete) QSS, quasi-stellar source

• (obsolete) BSO, blue stellar object

Source: Wiktionary



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