quasar

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkweɪ.zɑː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/

Noun

quasar (plural quasars)

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

Synonyms

• Q
• QSO, quasi-stellar object
• (dated) QSR, quasi-stellar radio-source
• (obsolete) QSS, quasi-stellar source
• (obsolete) BSO, blue stellar object

Translations

• French: quasar
• German: Quasar
• Italian: quasar
• Portuguese: quasar
• Russian: кваза́р
• Spanish: cuásar

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