radio source

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noun Astronomy.

a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.

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Origin of radio source

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby radio source

radiosensitizer, radio shack, radio silence, radiosodium, radiosonde, radio source, radio spectrum, radio star, radio station, radiostrontium, radiosymmetrical

How to use radio source in a sentence

Eventually, the astronomers hope to use the newly constructed array of 36 dishes, each standing three stories tall and spanning nearly 40 feet across, to scour a quarter of the Australian sky for radio sources that change monthly.
Astronomers discover disappearing radio source in the Milky Way’s center|Charlie Wood|October 13, 2021|Popular-Science
We’re really bridging that gap between extragalactic radio sources, and sources within our galaxy.
Astronomers have traced mysterious radio waves to a source in our own galaxy|Charlie Wood|November 4, 2020|Popular-Science

British Dictionary definitions for radio source

radio source

noun

a celestial object, such as a supernova remnant or quasar, that is a source of radio waves

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