Definitions for quasar
quasar
qua·sar
Spelling: [kwey-zahr, -zer, -sahr, -ser]
IPA: /ˈkweɪ zɑr, -zər, -sɑr, -sər/
Quasar is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 64 anagrams from letters in quasar (aaqrsu).
Definitions for quasar
noun
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one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.
Origin of quasar
1960-65; quas(i-stell)ar, in quasi-stellar radio source, the first type of quasar discovered
Examples for quasar
The direction of polarization for a quasar is determined by the accretion disk surrounding it.