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Quasar

//ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
  2. 2
    a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts wordnet

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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