quasar
English
Etymology
Blend of quasi- + stellar, from quasi-stellar radio source. Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964 in an article in Physics Today.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
quasar (plural quasars)
- (astronomy) 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
Derived terms
Translations
An extragalactic object
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See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
quasar m (plural quasars)
References
- “quasar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
quasar m (plural quasares)
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