quasar
noun/ˈkweɪzɑr/
Frequency rank: #19,338 most common English word
Meaning
an extremely bright and distant celestial object powered by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy.
Example sentence
Scientists were amazed when they discovered that the quasar was emitting more energy than an entire galaxy.
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