Blazar Definition

blāzär, -sär, -zər, -sər
noun
A compact, extremely bright, active galactic nucleus characterized by strong and rapid changes in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation emitted over a very broad range of frequencies ranging from radio waves to gamma rays. Although the source of blazar energy is the material surrounding a super-massive black hole at the galaxy center, much of the blazar luminosity originates in powerful jets of material moving along the line of sight toward Earth at near light speed.
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Noun

Singular:
blazar
Plural:
blazars

Origin of Blazar

  • Coined by Edward A. Spiegel (1931–2010), American astronomer as a blend (influenced by blaze) of BL Lac object a type of blazar once thought to be a variable star (after BL Lacertae a blazar in Lacerta) and quasar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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