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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15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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