"quasar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkweɪ.zɑː/ [UK], /ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-quasar.ogg [US] Forms: quasars [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪzɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of quasi- + stellar, from quasi-stellar radio source. Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964 in an article in Physics Today. Analyzable as quasi- + -ar. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|quasi-|stellar}} Blend of quasi- + stellar, {{m|en|quasi-stellar radio source}} quasi-stellar radio source, {{coin|en|Hong-Yee Chiu|in=1964|nat=American|nobycat=1|occ=astrophysicist}} Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964, {{confix|en|quasi|ar}} quasi- + -ar Head templates: {{en-noun}} quasar (plural quasars)
  1. (astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe. Wikipedia link: Physics Today, quasar Categories (topical): Black holes, Galaxies, Light sources Hyponyms: blazar, BL Lac, BL Lac object, OVV, OVV quasar, quasar 1, quasar 2, quasar I, quasar II Derived forms: binary quasar, double quasar, giant quasar, large quasar group, microquasar, twin quasar Translations (An extragalactic object): نَجْم زَائِف (najm zāʔif) [masculine] (Arabic), شَبِيه اَلنَّجْم (šabīh an-najm) [masculine] (Arabic), كوازار (kwazār) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), شبيه نجم (šēbh negm) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), քվազար (kʿvazar) (Armenian), quasar (Basque), кваза́р (kvazár) [masculine] (Belarusian), кваза́р (kvazár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quàsar [masculine] (Catalan), 類星體 (Chinese Mandarin), 类星体 (lèixīngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 似星體 (Chinese Mandarin), 似星体 (sìxīngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kvazar [masculine] (Czech), kvasar [masculine] (Czech), kvasar [common-gender] (Danish), kvazaro (Esperanto), kvasaari (Finnish), quasar [masculine] (French), quásar [masculine] (Galician), კვაზარი (ḳvazari) (Georgian), Quasar [masculine] (German), κβάζαρ (kvázar) [neuter] (Greek), קוואזר (Hebrew), कैसर (kaisar) (Hindi), quazaro (Ido), kuasar (Indonesian), cuasár [masculine] (Irish), quasar [feminine, masculine] (Italian), クエーサー (kuēsā) (Japanese), 準星 (junsei) (alt: じゅんせい) (Japanese), 퀘이사 (kweisa) (Korean), 준성 (junseong) (Korean), kuasar (Malay), kvasar [masculine] (Norwegian), اختروش (axtarvaš) (Persian), kwazar [masculine] (Polish), quasar [masculine] (Portuguese), кваза́р (kvazár) [masculine] (Russian), cuasar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), квазар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kvazar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), quasar [masculine] (Sicilian), kvazar [masculine] (Slovene), cuásar [masculine] (Spanish), kvasar [common-gender] (Swedish), digtalain (Tagalog), kuasar (Turkish), кваза́р (kvazár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chuẩn tinh (Vietnamese), kwasar (West Frisian)

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    }
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    {
      "word": "BL Lac"
    },
    {
      "word": "BL Lac object"
    },
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      "word": "OVV"
    },
    {
      "word": "OVV quasar"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasar 1"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasar 2"
    },
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      "word": "quasar I"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasar II"
    }
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      "word": "quasistar"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-star"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasistellar"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-stellar"
    },
    {
      "word": "AGN"
    },
    {
      "word": "active galactic nucleus"
    },
    {
      "word": "active galaxy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pulsar"
    },
    {
      "word": "RIQ"
    },
    {
      "word": "RLQ"
    },
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      "word": "RQQ"
    }
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        "(astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "word": "Q"
    },
    {
      "word": "QSO"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-stellar object"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasistellar object"
    },
    {
      "word": "QSR"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-stellar radio source"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasistellar radio-source"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-stellar radio-source"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasistellar radio source"
    },
    {
      "word": "blue stellar object"
    },
    {
      "word": "BSO"
    },
    {
      "word": "QSS"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasi-stellar source"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasistellar source"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "najm zāʔif",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَجْم زَائِف"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "šabīh an-najm",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَبِيه اَلنَّجْم"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kwazār",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šēbh negm",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شبيه نجم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʿvazar",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "քվազար"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kvazár",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кваза́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kvazár",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кваза́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quàsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "類星體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèixīngtǐ",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "类星体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "似星體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìxīngtǐ",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "似星体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kvazaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kvasaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quásar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvazari",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "კვაზარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kvázar",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κβάζαρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "קוואזר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kaisar",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "कैसर"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "quazaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kuasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuasár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuēsā",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "クエーサー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junsei",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "準星"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kweisa",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "퀘이사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "junseong",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "준성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kuasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "axtarvaš",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "اختروش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kvazár",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кваза́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квазар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuásar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "digtalain"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kuasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvazár",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кваза́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "chuẩn tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "An extragalactic object",
      "word": "kwasar"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "path": [
    "quasar"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "quasar",
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'quasar 2', originally 'quasar 2'",
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