quasar

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Scrabble points: 15
Words With Friends: 16
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/ (UK)

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/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/ (UK) · /ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/ (US)

Definition of quasar

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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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.

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