1. a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts; [syn: quasar, quasi-stellar radio source]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quasi-stellar radio source
n 1: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other
forms of energy; many have large red shifts [syn: quasar,
quasi-stellar radio source]