quasar

See also: Quasar and quásar

English
WOTD – 12 May 2009

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkweɪ.zɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪzɑː(ɹ)

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.

Synonyms
dated
obsolete
  • blue stellar object
  • BSO
  • QSS
  • quasi-stellar source
  • quasistellar source

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English quasar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwa.zaʁ/, /ka.zaʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

quasar m (plural quasars)

  1. quasar

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kwaˈzaʁ/ [kwaˈzah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kwaˈzaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kwaˈzaʁ/ [kwaˈzaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kwaˈzaɻ/

Noun

quasar m (plural quasares)

  1. (astronomy) quasar (an extragalactic object)

Romanian

Etymology

From English quasar.

Noun

quasar m (plural quasari)

  1. quasar

Declension
Declension of quasar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) quasar quasarul (niște) quasari quasarii
genitive/dative (unui) quasar quasarului (unor) quasari quasarilor
vocative quasarule quasarilor
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