"blazar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbleɪ.zɑɹ/ [US] Forms: blazars [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪzɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of B + L + Lac + quasar. Coined by astronomer Edward Spiegel in 1978 from BL Lac object and quasar, punning blazing from its optical presentation compared to usual quasars. Analyzable as blaze + -ar. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|B|L|Lac|quasar}} Blend of B + L + Lac + quasar, {{coin|en|Edward Spiegel|in=1978|occ=astronomer}} Coined by astronomer Edward Spiegel in 1978, {{m|en|quasar}} quasar, {{m|en|blazing}} blazing, {{suffix|en|blaze|ar}} blaze + -ar Head templates: {{en-noun}} blazar (plural blazars)
  1. (astronomy) A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy. Categories (topical): Galaxies, Black holes Translations (astronomy: a very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole): blasaari (Finnish), blazar [masculine] (Polish), blazar [masculine] (Spanish), blazar [common-gender] (Swedish), blasar [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blazar-en-noun-XwNF7Rcz Disambiguation of Black holes: 74 26 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ar Disambiguation of English blends: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 59 41 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astronomy: a very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole': 81 19
  2. (astronomy) An object which is either an optically violent variable quasar (OVV quasar) or a BL Lac object or which has properties of both. Categories (topical): Galaxies
    Sense id: en-blazar-en-noun-gTuBcrdG Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: active galaxy, AGN (english: active galactic nucleus), quasar Related terms: blazer

Inflected forms

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