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quasar

noun
/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/UK/ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/US

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. By surface analysis, quasi- + -ar.

  1. borrowed from stēllāris
  2. compounded as quasar — “quasi- + stellar”

Definitions

  1. An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quasar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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