Definitions for quasarˈkweɪ zɑr, -zər, -sɑr, -sər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

qua•sarˈkweɪ zɑr, -zər, -sɑr, -sər(n.)

  1. any of numerous starlike extragalactic objects that may be the most distant and brightest objects in the universe.

    Category: Astronomy

Origin of quasar:

1964; quas(i-stell)ar, in quasi-stellar radio source, the first type of quasar discovered

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

Wiktionary

  1. quasar(Noun)

    An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe.

  2. Origin: From quasi-stellar radio source.


Translations for quasar

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

quasar(noun)

a star-like object which gives out light and radio waves.

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