active galactic nucleus

/AE1 K T IH0 V G AH0 L AE0 K T IH0 K N UW0 K L IY0 AH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    (astronomy) A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion of the (measurable) electromagnetic spectrum.

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