quasar
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Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
quasar (plural quasars)
- (astronomy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
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An extragalactic object
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Basque edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
quasar inan
Declension edit
Declension of quasar (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | quasar | quasarra | quasarrak |
ergative | quasarrek | quasarrak | quasarrek |
dative | quasarri | quasarrari | quasarrei |
genitive | quasarren | quasarraren | quasarren |
comitative | quasarrekin | quasarrarekin | quasarrekin |
causative | quasarrengatik | quasarrarengatik | quasarrengatik |
benefactive | quasarrentzat | quasarrarentzat | quasarrentzat |
instrumental | quasarrez | quasarraz | quasarrez |
inessive | quasarretan | quasarrean | quasarretan |
locative | quasarretako | quasarreko | quasarretako |
allative | quasarretara | quasarrera | quasarretara |
terminative | quasarretaraino | quasarreraino | quasarretaraino |
directive | quasarretarantz | quasarrerantz | quasarretarantz |
destinative | quasarretarako | quasarrerako | quasarretarako |
ablative | quasarretatik | quasarretik | quasarretatik |
partitive | quasarrik | — | — |
prolative | quasartzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
- "quasar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
French edit
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quasar m (plural quasars)
Further reading edit
- “quasar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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quasar m (plural quasares)
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
quasar m (plural quasari)
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Declension of quasar
singular | plural | |||
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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 |