quasar
pronunciation
How to pronounce quasar in British English:
UK [ˈkweɪzɑː(r)]
How to pronounce quasar in American English:
US [ˈkweɪzɑːr]
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- Noun:
- a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; large red shifts imply enormous recession velocities
Word Origin
- quasar (n.)
- 1964, from "quas(i-stell)ar radio source" (1963); from quasi- + stellar.
Example
- 1. A quasar itself can be brighter than entire galaxy .
- 2. Such mergers can generate a quasar phase of galactic evolution .
- 3. And it passes within twenty au of a collapsing quasar .
- 4. Was the milky way a quasar ?
- 5. Identifying the lines and determining the redshift of a quasar .