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Noun: megamaser
  1. A luminous astrophysical maser, a naturally occurring source of stimulated spectral line emission
    "Astronomers detected a powerful megamaser in a distant galaxy, indicating the presence of a supermassive black hole"

Derived forms: megamasers

Type of: maser

Encyclopedia: Megamaser