Definitions for quasars

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quasars qua·sar

Spelling: [kwey-zahr, -zer, -sahr, -ser]

IPA: /ˈkweɪ zɑr, -zər, -sɑr, -sər/

Quasars is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in quasars (aaqrssu).

Definitions for quasars

noun

1. 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.
2. 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 quasars

1960-65; quas(i-stell)ar, in quasi-stellar radio source, the first type of quasar discovered

Examples for quasars

The direction of polarization for a quasar is determined by the accretion disk surrounding it.

These black holes are a type known as quasars: extremely massive objects that emit more light than the rest of the galaxy.

And that helps BOSS: quasars are bright enough to be seen and mapped from 11 billion light-years away.

The astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization.