An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A → radio-loud quasar in which the lobes dominate the whole emission. It has been conjectured that this phenomenon is an → orientation effect. If the → jet is close to the plane of the sky, the lobes will dominate. See also → core-dominated quasar.

→ lobe; → dominate; → quasar.