Antonyms for quasar
ˈkweɪ zɑr, -zər, -sɑr, -sərquasar

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1. quasarnoun

   Synonyms:
   quasi-stellar radio-source, blue stellar object, BSO, QSR, QSO, quasi-stellar object, Q, quasi-stellar source, QSS

2. quasarnoun

   An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe.

   Synonyms:
   Q, QSR, quasi-stellar source, quasi-stellar radio-source, blue stellar object, QSS, QSO, BSO, quasi-stellar object

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1. quasar, quasi-stellar radio sourcenoun

   a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

   Synonyms:
   quasi-stellar radio source

How to use quasar in a sentence?

1. Chris Carilli:

   We are seeing P352-15 as it was when the Universe was less than a billion years old, or only about 7 percent of its current age, this is near the end of a period when the first stars and galaxies were re-ionizing the neutral hydrogen atoms that pervaded intergalactic space. 'SUPERSTAR' ETA CARINAE ACTS LIKE A GINORMOUS COSMIC-RAY GUN, BUT WHY? Carilli added: Further observations may allow us to use this quasar as a background ‘lamp’ to measure the amount of neutral hydrogen remaining at that time.

2. Fuyun Bian:

   However this black hole at the center of the quasar gained enormous mass in a short period of time.

3. Chris Carilli:

   This quasar’s brightness and its great distance make it a unique tool to study the conditions and processes that prevailed in the first galaxies in the Universe, we look forward to unraveling more of its mysteries.

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