quasar
/ˈkweɪzɑː
/ /ˈkweɪsɑː/noun Astronomy
A massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy, which typically has a starlike image in a telescope. It has been suggested that quasars contain massive black holes and may represent a stage in the evolution of some galaxies.Astronomers believe that quasars are galaxies with very massive black holes in the center....
- Rich in objects, from galaxies to quasars to white dwarf stars, this vast data archive will serve as a resource for the entire astronomical community.
- Radio astronomers found pulsars, quasars, and massive molecular clouds dotting the celestial landscape.
Origin
1960s: contraction of quasi-stellar.
Rhymes
- you ain't seen nothing yet
- you-all
- you-all's
- you-alls
- you and whose army?
- you and yours
- you are welcome
- you bet
- you betcha
- you (can) bet your boots
- you (can) bet your bottom dollar
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)