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Noun: blazar  bley-zaar
  1. A very compact and variable quasar, thought to be associated with a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy
    "Astronomers observed intense gamma-ray emissions from the distant blazar"

Derived forms: blazars

Type of: QSO, quasar, quasi-stellar radio source

Encyclopedia: Blazar