quasar

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quasar

/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/ UK
/ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪzɑː(ɹ)

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Blend of quasi- + stellar, from quasi-stellar radio source. Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964 in an article in Physics Today. By surface analysis, quasi- + -ar.

noun quasars

An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
Similar: Q, QSO, quasi-stellar object, quasistellar object, QSR, quasi-stellar radio source, quasistellar radio-source, quasi-stellar radio-source, quasistellar radio source, blue stellar object, BSO, QSS

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noun An extragalactic object

Español	cuásar, quasar (kuéisar)
한국어	퀘이사 kweisa, 준성 junseong
日本語	クエーサー kuēsā, 準星 junsei
中文	類星體 /类星体 lèixīngtǐ, 似星體 /似星体 sìxīngtǐ
हिन्दी	कैसर kaisar
Português	quasar
Français	quasar
Deutsch	Quasar
Italiano	quasar
Ελληνικά	κβάζαρ kvázar
Русский	кваза́р kvazár
Tiếng Việt	chuẩn tinh
العربية	نَجْم زَائِف najm zāʔif, شَبِيه اَلنَّجْم šabīh an-najm
עברית	קוואזר

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@misc{quasar_2026,
  title = {quasar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quasar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}