Quasar Definition

kwāzär, -sär, -zər, -sər
quasars
noun
quasars
Any of a number of starlike celestial objects that emit immense amounts of light and, often, radio waves, characterized by having spectral lines with very large redshifts: quasars are thought to be the most distant and oldest observable objects in the universe.
Webster's New World
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quasar
Plural:
quasars

Origin of Quasar

  • From earlier quas(i-stell)ar (radio source)

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

  • From quasi-stellar radio source.

    From Wiktionary

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