Definition of stellar in English:

stellar

adjective ˈstɛləˈstɛlər

1Relating to a star or stars.
星的，星球的
stellar structure and evolution
恒星结构和演化。
Example sentencesExamples
- Dwarf irregular galaxies are probably fairly old stellar systems whose chemical and physical properties may be the result of the process of slow evolution.
- This synthesis of nuclear physics and stellar astronomy has led us to four significant conclusions.
- Thus in 1495 Pico della Mirandola dismissed divinatory astrology as a confusion of real physical planets with stellar divinities.
- The remnant stellar core in the centre is now sending out a flood of ultraviolet light into the surrounding gas.
- It has been used for observations ranging from galaxy structure to stellar evolution.
- And a trio of roughly Earth-sized planets was found in 2002 to orbit a dense stellar corpse known as a neutron star.
- The stars are replaced by a homogenous sea of glowing hot gas with embedded jewels of stellar accretion disks, neutron stars and super nova remnants.
- Scientists say the data will not only reveal the composition of the sun, but illuminate how our planet could have formed from clouds of stellar dust.
- If the interior of the Sun were better mixed then it might have a longer lifetime, but things are as they are, and stellar interiors are heavily stratified.
- It is also the first disk imaged around an M-type red dwarf, the most common type of star in the stellar neighborhood around the Sun.
- Because planets are so dim compared to stars, technology has not been able to spot them amid stellar glare.
- I researched my vet and found that although one nearby was okay, one only a short distance further had a stellar reputation.
- Astronomers see these processes occurring in other stars and witness outbursts and oscillations in stellar sizes on all sorts of time scales.
- So many, perhaps most, of these so-called planetary systems may in fact be stellar or brown dwarf binaries.
- After about three years concentrating on a mathematical theory of stellar structure, Milne turned his attention to cosmology.
- The Great Pyramid could have functioned as a stellar observatory during its construction.
- He has photographed enough stellar nebula, white dwarfs and pinwheel galaxies to fill many a photo album.
- Most theories of stellar evolution portray stars as lone entities or perhaps in a pair with one other star.
- At each stage, mass is lost, the stellar structure changes, and the star recycles chemical elements into space.
- He was also the editor or co-editor of substantial publications on the atmospheres of the Earth and the planets, the Solar System, and stars and stellar systems.
Synonyms
celestial, cosmic
2informal Featuring or having the quality of a star performer or performers.
〈非正式，主北美〉明星的；杰出的
a stellar cast had been assembled
已经组成了一个明星阵容。
Example sentencesExamples
- The club's fortunes were considered to be inextricably entwined with those of their, supposedly, one stellar performer.
- The audience loved him, but he seemed oddly unaware of the crowd, as if he was a star actor giving a stellar performance to a television camera.
- This double disc features some of last year's best, a stellar line-up featuring the cream of the crop.
- They won't risk tarnishing their reputation by recommending anyone who is not a stellar performer.
- His service in the Senate, while not describable as stellar, has featured some important moments of gravity and responsibility.
- Undoubtedly the launch of the musical in Melbourne this weekend will be a real gas, and how could it not be given its origins and stellar cast and Brooks here to send it on its merry way.
- Nonetheless, the date featured a stellar line-up of talent and those in attendance were quite appreciative.
- Add to that some solid performances from a stellar cast, notably an outstanding turn by Johnny Depp, and you have all the ingredients for a rollicking good tale.
- Director Stephen Daldry's experience in the theatre enables him to coax extraordinary performances from a stellar cast.
- At least the selection of stellar performers should intersect with the tastes of someone on your Christmas list and save you both some embarrassment.
- One of the best soap opera parodies on television, Soap ran for four seasons and featured a stellar cast of players.
- In many cases, soldiers who were not stellar performers in the rear not only rose to the challenge but also impressed us every day.
- This might sound a bit like adverts for trips to Mars that are coming soon, but in Sweden, their absent hero has a stellar quality.
- Befitting such a stellar cast, the performances were superlative throughout.
- Bensusan has established himself as a compelling concert performer and a stellar contributor to worldwide music festivals.
- The choreographer went on a quest for spirituality; he returned without answers, but with a few stellar performers.
- The £6m independent production has assembled one of those quietly stellar casts that more typically adorn a BBC costume drama.
- Altman must pull the strings for a stellar cast of 48, while interweaving maybe 20 storylines into a coherent whole with the aid of two observers.
- So all things considered Steve Waugh is equipped to become a stellar media performer, and which seems almost mandatory when a legend now leaves the crease.
- A stellar career has included stints as Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, New Hampshire, and Writer in Residence at Trinity College.
1. 2.1 Exceptionally good; outstanding.
  his restaurant has received stellar ratings in the guides
  Example sentencesExamples
  They cannot promise their IPO companies stellar research ratings or even coverage.
  The aluminum chassis has decent, but not stellar, ride quality.
  It's an exceptional read, a stellar reference, and a one-of-a-kind conversation partner for the trip.
  The exhibition provided a stellar chance to feature the work of five female artists from and for the Haitian art community.
  There was a stellar quality to the husband's contribution.
  The show premiered two weeks ago to less than stellar ratings.
  Not cheap but worth it, considering the stellar quality of the food and the setting, which could be mistaken for a small, exclusive club.
  Somewhere in a parallel universe a stellar career in marketing is unfolding.
  Some of the features are really quite stellar, while others seem half-baked.
  They are among the least expensive for all their stellar qualities.
  He had, indeed has, a sort of stellar quality unmatched by all but one or two of his former colleagues in the Australian foreign service.
  Glenview have lost a list of stellar names to their Super League rivals Abbey United, while many of those who waited at the club decided to wait in Sligo on Sunday as well.
  Take time to appreciate your stellar grades, that awesome masterpiece you painted for art class and the way you've been able to reach out to a troubled pal.
  As long as you bear in mind that you're dealing with a toy, you might not be too bothered by the less than stellar quality.
  Instilling these values guaranteed my friend a stellar credit rating and history.
  Estrada is a wonderful nominee, with stellar credentials and a record that would be the envy of practically any lawyer.
  Boasting a stellar career that spans over 40 years, Freddie began developing his craft in the mid-60s.
  The former ‘Dateline’ host went into the big-time talk arena, but ratings were less than stellar.
  Its not stellar video quality, but its far better than say Crimes and Misdemeanors, which I hope to get reviewed soon as well.
  The image quality isn't stellar, but as Cohen points out in the commentary, the movie looks good for a non-studio effort.
  Synonyms
  exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, astounding, stunning, staggering, marvellous, magnificent, wonderful, sensational, breathtaking, miraculous, singular

Derivatives

stelliform

adjective ˈstɛlɪfɔːmˈstɛləˌfɔrm

Moveover, not all of the stelliform arrangement of the drawing is necessary to form the invention.
Example sentencesExamples
- Test of the larva in its latest period before the first metamorphosis whitish, waxy, stelliform, having usually eight lateral radiating processes and a dorsal convex mass of wax: average length of the whole about 1/40 in.
- The stem is upright, from 30 cm to 80 cm tall, gray colored with thick stelliform hairs and a few leaves.
- At Ziegler's ball, the starburst pattern of lights on the walls is echoed by the lace edging of Alice's gown and by the blue stelliform ribbon on Szavost's lapel.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin stellaris, from Latin stella 'star'.

asterisk from Late Middle English:
The Greeks had two words for ‘star’, astēr and astron. They go back to an ancient root that is also the source of the Latin word stella, which gave us star itself and also stellar (mid 17th century). An asterisk is a little star, the meaning of its source, Greek asteriskos. Asteriskos is from astēr, which is also the root of asteroeidēs, ‘star-like’. This entered English in the early 19th century as asteroid (early 19th century), a term coined by the astronomer William Herschel. Astēr also gave us our name for the plant aster (early 18th century), which has petals rather like an asterisk. Words beginning with astro- come from astron. In the Middle Ages astronomy (Middle English) covered not only astronomy but astrology too. The Greek word it descends from meant ‘star-arranging’. Rather poetically, an astronaut [1920s] is literally a ‘star sailor’. The word comes from Greek astron ‘star’ and nautēs ‘sailor’. It was modelled on aeronaut (late 18th century), a word for a traveller in a hot-air balloon or airship. Cosmonaut [1950s], the Russian equivalent of astronaut, literally means ‘sailor in the cosmos’. See also disaster

Rhymes

a cappella, Arabella, Bella, bestseller, Capella, cellar, Cinderella, citronella, Clarabella, corella, Daniela, Della, dispeller, dweller, Ella, expeller, favela, fella, fellah, feller, Fenella, Floella, foreteller, Heller, impeller, interstellar, Keller, Louella, Mandela, mortadella, mozzarella, Nigella, novella, paella, panatella, patella, predella, propeller, queller, quinella, repeller, rosella, rubella, salmonella, Santiago de Compostela, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, tarantella, teller, umbrella, Viyella

Definition of stellar in US English:

stellar

adjectiveˈstelərˈstɛlər

1Relating to a star or stars.
星的，星球的
stellar structure and evolution
恒星结构和演化。
Example sentencesExamples
- At each stage, mass is lost, the stellar structure changes, and the star recycles chemical elements into space.
- This synthesis of nuclear physics and stellar astronomy has led us to four significant conclusions.
- Because planets are so dim compared to stars, technology has not been able to spot them amid stellar glare.
- He was also the editor or co-editor of substantial publications on the atmospheres of the Earth and the planets, the Solar System, and stars and stellar systems.
- Dwarf irregular galaxies are probably fairly old stellar systems whose chemical and physical properties may be the result of the process of slow evolution.
- I researched my vet and found that although one nearby was okay, one only a short distance further had a stellar reputation.
- It has been used for observations ranging from galaxy structure to stellar evolution.
- It is also the first disk imaged around an M-type red dwarf, the most common type of star in the stellar neighborhood around the Sun.
- Thus in 1495 Pico della Mirandola dismissed divinatory astrology as a confusion of real physical planets with stellar divinities.
- After about three years concentrating on a mathematical theory of stellar structure, Milne turned his attention to cosmology.
- If the interior of the Sun were better mixed then it might have a longer lifetime, but things are as they are, and stellar interiors are heavily stratified.
- Scientists say the data will not only reveal the composition of the sun, but illuminate how our planet could have formed from clouds of stellar dust.
- Astronomers see these processes occurring in other stars and witness outbursts and oscillations in stellar sizes on all sorts of time scales.
- The Great Pyramid could have functioned as a stellar observatory during its construction.
- The stars are replaced by a homogenous sea of glowing hot gas with embedded jewels of stellar accretion disks, neutron stars and super nova remnants.
- He has photographed enough stellar nebula, white dwarfs and pinwheel galaxies to fill many a photo album.
- Most theories of stellar evolution portray stars as lone entities or perhaps in a pair with one other star.
- So many, perhaps most, of these so-called planetary systems may in fact be stellar or brown dwarf binaries.
- And a trio of roughly Earth-sized planets was found in 2002 to orbit a dense stellar corpse known as a neutron star.
- The remnant stellar core in the centre is now sending out a flood of ultraviolet light into the surrounding gas.
Synonyms
celestial, cosmic
1. 1.1informal Featuring or having the quality of a star performer or performers.
  〈非正式，主北美〉明星的；杰出的
  a stellar cast had been assembled
  已经组成了一个明星阵容。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This double disc features some of last year's best, a stellar line-up featuring the cream of the crop.
  So all things considered Steve Waugh is equipped to become a stellar media performer, and which seems almost mandatory when a legend now leaves the crease.
  Altman must pull the strings for a stellar cast of 48, while interweaving maybe 20 storylines into a coherent whole with the aid of two observers.
  Befitting such a stellar cast, the performances were superlative throughout.
  The audience loved him, but he seemed oddly unaware of the crowd, as if he was a star actor giving a stellar performance to a television camera.
  His service in the Senate, while not describable as stellar, has featured some important moments of gravity and responsibility.
  They won't risk tarnishing their reputation by recommending anyone who is not a stellar performer.
  Nonetheless, the date featured a stellar line-up of talent and those in attendance were quite appreciative.
  One of the best soap opera parodies on television, Soap ran for four seasons and featured a stellar cast of players.
  A stellar career has included stints as Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, New Hampshire, and Writer in Residence at Trinity College.
  Undoubtedly the launch of the musical in Melbourne this weekend will be a real gas, and how could it not be given its origins and stellar cast and Brooks here to send it on its merry way.
  The club's fortunes were considered to be inextricably entwined with those of their, supposedly, one stellar performer.
  The choreographer went on a quest for spirituality; he returned without answers, but with a few stellar performers.
  Add to that some solid performances from a stellar cast, notably an outstanding turn by Johnny Depp, and you have all the ingredients for a rollicking good tale.
  Bensusan has established himself as a compelling concert performer and a stellar contributor to worldwide music festivals.
  Director Stephen Daldry's experience in the theatre enables him to coax extraordinary performances from a stellar cast.
  In many cases, soldiers who were not stellar performers in the rear not only rose to the challenge but also impressed us every day.
  The £6m independent production has assembled one of those quietly stellar casts that more typically adorn a BBC costume drama.
  This might sound a bit like adverts for trips to Mars that are coming soon, but in Sweden, their absent hero has a stellar quality.
  At least the selection of stellar performers should intersect with the tastes of someone on your Christmas list and save you both some embarrassment.
2. 1.2informal Exceptionally good; outstanding.
  his restaurant has received stellar ratings in the guides
  Example sentencesExamples
  Its not stellar video quality, but its far better than say Crimes and Misdemeanors, which I hope to get reviewed soon as well.
  The exhibition provided a stellar chance to feature the work of five female artists from and for the Haitian art community.
  The former ‘Dateline’ host went into the big-time talk arena, but ratings were less than stellar.
  Somewhere in a parallel universe a stellar career in marketing is unfolding.
  Instilling these values guaranteed my friend a stellar credit rating and history.
  The aluminum chassis has decent, but not stellar, ride quality.
  They cannot promise their IPO companies stellar research ratings or even coverage.
  They are among the least expensive for all their stellar qualities.
  He had, indeed has, a sort of stellar quality unmatched by all but one or two of his former colleagues in the Australian foreign service.
  Some of the features are really quite stellar, while others seem half-baked.
  Boasting a stellar career that spans over 40 years, Freddie began developing his craft in the mid-60s.
  There was a stellar quality to the husband's contribution.
  Not cheap but worth it, considering the stellar quality of the food and the setting, which could be mistaken for a small, exclusive club.
  Estrada is a wonderful nominee, with stellar credentials and a record that would be the envy of practically any lawyer.
  As long as you bear in mind that you're dealing with a toy, you might not be too bothered by the less than stellar quality.
  Take time to appreciate your stellar grades, that awesome masterpiece you painted for art class and the way you've been able to reach out to a troubled pal.
  It's an exceptional read, a stellar reference, and a one-of-a-kind conversation partner for the trip.
  Glenview have lost a list of stellar names to their Super League rivals Abbey United, while many of those who waited at the club decided to wait in Sligo on Sunday as well.
  The show premiered two weeks ago to less than stellar ratings.
  The image quality isn't stellar, but as Cohen points out in the commentary, the movie looks good for a non-studio effort.
  Synonyms
  exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, astounding, stunning, staggering, marvellous, magnificent, wonderful, sensational, breathtaking, miraculous, singular

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin stellaris, from Latin stella ‘star’.

词汇	stellar
释义	Definition of stellar in English: stellar adjective ˈstɛləˈstɛlər 1Relating to a star or stars. 星的，星球的 stellar structure and evolution 恒星结构和演化。 Example sentencesExamples Dwarf irregular galaxies are probably fairly old stellar systems whose chemical and physical properties may be the result of the process of slow evolution. This synthesis of nuclear physics and stellar astronomy has led us to four significant conclusions. Thus in 1495 Pico della Mirandola dismissed divinatory astrology as a confusion of real physical planets with stellar divinities. The remnant stellar core in the centre is now sending out a flood of ultraviolet light into the surrounding gas. It has been used for observations ranging from galaxy structure to stellar evolution. And a trio of roughly Earth-sized planets was found in 2002 to orbit a dense stellar corpse known as a neutron star. The stars are replaced by a homogenous sea of glowing hot gas with embedded jewels of stellar accretion disks, neutron stars and super nova remnants. Scientists say the data will not only reveal the composition of the sun, but illuminate how our planet could have formed from clouds of stellar dust. If the interior of the Sun were better mixed then it might have a longer lifetime, but things are as they are, and stellar interiors are heavily stratified. It is also the first disk imaged around an M-type red dwarf, the most common type of star in the stellar neighborhood around the Sun. Because planets are so dim compared to stars, technology has not been able to spot them amid stellar glare. I researched my vet and found that although one nearby was okay, one only a short distance further had a stellar reputation. Astronomers see these processes occurring in other stars and witness outbursts and oscillations in stellar sizes on all sorts of time scales. So many, perhaps most, of these so-called planetary systems may in fact be stellar or brown dwarf binaries. After about three years concentrating on a mathematical theory of stellar structure, Milne turned his attention to cosmology. The Great Pyramid could have functioned as a stellar observatory during its construction. He has photographed enough stellar nebula, white dwarfs and pinwheel galaxies to fill many a photo album. Most theories of stellar evolution portray stars as lone entities or perhaps in a pair with one other star. At each stage, mass is lost, the stellar structure changes, and the star recycles chemical elements into space. He was also the editor or co-editor of substantial publications on the atmospheres of the Earth and the planets, the Solar System, and stars and stellar systems. Synonyms celestial, cosmic 2informal Featuring or having the quality of a star performer or performers. 〈非正式，主北美〉明星的；杰出的 a stellar cast had been assembled 已经组成了一个明星阵容。 Example sentencesExamples The club's fortunes were considered to be inextricably entwined with those of their, supposedly, one stellar performer. The audience loved him, but he seemed oddly unaware of the crowd, as if he was a star actor giving a stellar performance to a television camera. This double disc features some of last year's best, a stellar line-up featuring the cream of the crop. They won't risk tarnishing their reputation by recommending anyone who is not a stellar performer. His service in the Senate, while not describable as stellar, has featured some important moments of gravity and responsibility. Undoubtedly the launch of the musical in Melbourne this weekend will be a real gas, and how could it not be given its origins and stellar cast and Brooks here to send it on its merry way. Nonetheless, the date featured a stellar line-up of talent and those in attendance were quite appreciative. Add to that some solid performances from a stellar cast, notably an outstanding turn by Johnny Depp, and you have all the ingredients for a rollicking good tale. Director Stephen Daldry's experience in the theatre enables him to coax extraordinary performances from a stellar cast. At least the selection of stellar performers should intersect with the tastes of someone on your Christmas list and save you both some embarrassment. One of the best soap opera parodies on television, Soap ran for four seasons and featured a stellar cast of players. In many cases, soldiers who were not stellar performers in the rear not only rose to the challenge but also impressed us every day. This might sound a bit like adverts for trips to Mars that are coming soon, but in Sweden, their absent hero has a stellar quality. Befitting such a stellar cast, the performances were superlative throughout. Bensusan has established himself as a compelling concert performer and a stellar contributor to worldwide music festivals. The choreographer went on a quest for spirituality; he returned without answers, but with a few stellar performers. The £6m independent production has assembled one of those quietly stellar casts that more typically adorn a BBC costume drama. Altman must pull the strings for a stellar cast of 48, while interweaving maybe 20 storylines into a coherent whole with the aid of two observers. So all things considered Steve Waugh is equipped to become a stellar media performer, and which seems almost mandatory when a legend now leaves the crease. A stellar career has included stints as Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, New Hampshire, and Writer in Residence at Trinity College. 2.1 Exceptionally good; outstanding. his restaurant has received stellar ratings in the guides Example sentencesExamples They cannot promise their IPO companies stellar research ratings or even coverage. The aluminum chassis has decent, but not stellar, ride quality. It's an exceptional read, a stellar reference, and a one-of-a-kind conversation partner for the trip. The exhibition provided a stellar chance to feature the work of five female artists from and for the Haitian art community. There was a stellar quality to the husband's contribution. The show premiered two weeks ago to less than stellar ratings. Not cheap but worth it, considering the stellar quality of the food and the setting, which could be mistaken for a small, exclusive club. Somewhere in a parallel universe a stellar career in marketing is unfolding. Some of the features are really quite stellar, while others seem half-baked. They are among the least expensive for all their stellar qualities. He had, indeed has, a sort of stellar quality unmatched by all but one or two of his former colleagues in the Australian foreign service. Glenview have lost a list of stellar names to their Super League rivals Abbey United, while many of those who waited at the club decided to wait in Sligo on Sunday as well. Take time to appreciate your stellar grades, that awesome masterpiece you painted for art class and the way you've been able to reach out to a troubled pal. As long as you bear in mind that you're dealing with a toy, you might not be too bothered by the less than stellar quality. Instilling these values guaranteed my friend a stellar credit rating and history. Estrada is a wonderful nominee, with stellar credentials and a record that would be the envy of practically any lawyer. Boasting a stellar career that spans over 40 years, Freddie began developing his craft in the mid-60s. The former ‘Dateline’ host went into the big-time talk arena, but ratings were less than stellar. Its not stellar video quality, but its far better than say Crimes and Misdemeanors, which I hope to get reviewed soon as well. The image quality isn't stellar, but as Cohen points out in the commentary, the movie looks good for a non-studio effort. Synonyms exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, astounding, stunning, staggering, marvellous, magnificent, wonderful, sensational, breathtaking, miraculous, singular Derivatives stelliform adjective ˈstɛlɪfɔːmˈstɛləˌfɔrm Moveover, not all of the stelliform arrangement of the drawing is necessary to form the invention. Example sentencesExamples Test of the larva in its latest period before the first metamorphosis whitish, waxy, stelliform, having usually eight lateral radiating processes and a dorsal convex mass of wax: average length of the whole about 1/40 in. The stem is upright, from 30 cm to 80 cm tall, gray colored with thick stelliform hairs and a few leaves. At Ziegler's ball, the starburst pattern of lights on the walls is echoed by the lace edging of Alice's gown and by the blue stelliform ribbon on Szavost's lapel. Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin stellaris, from Latin stella 'star'. asterisk from Late Middle English: The Greeks had two words for ‘star’, astēr and astron. They go back to an ancient root that is also the source of the Latin word stella, which gave us star itself and also stellar (mid 17th century). An asterisk is a little star, the meaning of its source, Greek asteriskos. Asteriskos is from astēr, which is also the root of asteroeidēs, ‘star-like’. This entered English in the early 19th century as asteroid (early 19th century), a term coined by the astronomer William Herschel. Astēr also gave us our name for the plant aster (early 18th century), which has petals rather like an asterisk. Words beginning with astro- come from astron. In the Middle Ages astronomy (Middle English) covered not only astronomy but astrology too. The Greek word it descends from meant ‘star-arranging’. Rather poetically, an astronaut [1920s] is literally a ‘star sailor’. The word comes from Greek astron ‘star’ and nautēs ‘sailor’. It was modelled on aeronaut (late 18th century), a word for a traveller in a hot-air balloon or airship. Cosmonaut [1950s], the Russian equivalent of astronaut, literally means ‘sailor in the cosmos’. See also disaster Rhymes a cappella, Arabella, Bella, bestseller, Capella, cellar, Cinderella, citronella, Clarabella, corella, Daniela, Della, dispeller, dweller, Ella, expeller, favela, fella, fellah, feller, Fenella, Floella, foreteller, Heller, impeller, interstellar, Keller, Louella, Mandela, mortadella, mozzarella, Nigella, novella, paella, panatella, patella, predella, propeller, queller, quinella, repeller, rosella, rubella, salmonella, Santiago de Compostela, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, tarantella, teller, umbrella, Viyella Definition of stellar in US English: stellar adjectiveˈstelərˈstɛlər 1Relating to a star or stars. 星的，星球的 stellar structure and evolution 恒星结构和演化。 Example sentencesExamples At each stage, mass is lost, the stellar structure changes, and the star recycles chemical elements into space. This synthesis of nuclear physics and stellar astronomy has led us to four significant conclusions. Because planets are so dim compared to stars, technology has not been able to spot them amid stellar glare. He was also the editor or co-editor of substantial publications on the atmospheres of the Earth and the planets, the Solar System, and stars and stellar systems. Dwarf irregular galaxies are probably fairly old stellar systems whose chemical and physical properties may be the result of the process of slow evolution. I researched my vet and found that although one nearby was okay, one only a short distance further had a stellar reputation. It has been used for observations ranging from galaxy structure to stellar evolution. It is also the first disk imaged around an M-type red dwarf, the most common type of star in the stellar neighborhood around the Sun. Thus in 1495 Pico della Mirandola dismissed divinatory astrology as a confusion of real physical planets with stellar divinities. After about three years concentrating on a mathematical theory of stellar structure, Milne turned his attention to cosmology. If the interior of the Sun were better mixed then it might have a longer lifetime, but things are as they are, and stellar interiors are heavily stratified. Scientists say the data will not only reveal the composition of the sun, but illuminate how our planet could have formed from clouds of stellar dust. Astronomers see these processes occurring in other stars and witness outbursts and oscillations in stellar sizes on all sorts of time scales. The Great Pyramid could have functioned as a stellar observatory during its construction. The stars are replaced by a homogenous sea of glowing hot gas with embedded jewels of stellar accretion disks, neutron stars and super nova remnants. He has photographed enough stellar nebula, white dwarfs and pinwheel galaxies to fill many a photo album. Most theories of stellar evolution portray stars as lone entities or perhaps in a pair with one other star. So many, perhaps most, of these so-called planetary systems may in fact be stellar or brown dwarf binaries. And a trio of roughly Earth-sized planets was found in 2002 to orbit a dense stellar corpse known as a neutron star. The remnant stellar core in the centre is now sending out a flood of ultraviolet light into the surrounding gas. Synonyms celestial, cosmic 1.1informal Featuring or having the quality of a star performer or performers. 〈非正式，主北美〉明星的；杰出的 a stellar cast had been assembled 已经组成了一个明星阵容。 Example sentencesExamples This double disc features some of last year's best, a stellar line-up featuring the cream of the crop. So all things considered Steve Waugh is equipped to become a stellar media performer, and which seems almost mandatory when a legend now leaves the crease. Altman must pull the strings for a stellar cast of 48, while interweaving maybe 20 storylines into a coherent whole with the aid of two observers. Befitting such a stellar cast, the performances were superlative throughout. The audience loved him, but he seemed oddly unaware of the crowd, as if he was a star actor giving a stellar performance to a television camera. His service in the Senate, while not describable as stellar, has featured some important moments of gravity and responsibility. They won't risk tarnishing their reputation by recommending anyone who is not a stellar performer. Nonetheless, the date featured a stellar line-up of talent and those in attendance were quite appreciative. One of the best soap opera parodies on television, Soap ran for four seasons and featured a stellar cast of players. A stellar career has included stints as Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, New Hampshire, and Writer in Residence at Trinity College. Undoubtedly the launch of the musical in Melbourne this weekend will be a real gas, and how could it not be given its origins and stellar cast and Brooks here to send it on its merry way. The club's fortunes were considered to be inextricably entwined with those of their, supposedly, one stellar performer. The choreographer went on a quest for spirituality; he returned without answers, but with a few stellar performers. Add to that some solid performances from a stellar cast, notably an outstanding turn by Johnny Depp, and you have all the ingredients for a rollicking good tale. Bensusan has established himself as a compelling concert performer and a stellar contributor to worldwide music festivals. Director Stephen Daldry's experience in the theatre enables him to coax extraordinary performances from a stellar cast. In many cases, soldiers who were not stellar performers in the rear not only rose to the challenge but also impressed us every day. The £6m independent production has assembled one of those quietly stellar casts that more typically adorn a BBC costume drama. This might sound a bit like adverts for trips to Mars that are coming soon, but in Sweden, their absent hero has a stellar quality. At least the selection of stellar performers should intersect with the tastes of someone on your Christmas list and save you both some embarrassment. 1.2informal Exceptionally good; outstanding. his restaurant has received stellar ratings in the guides Example sentencesExamples Its not stellar video quality, but its far better than say Crimes and Misdemeanors, which I hope to get reviewed soon as well. The exhibition provided a stellar chance to feature the work of five female artists from and for the Haitian art community. The former ‘Dateline’ host went into the big-time talk arena, but ratings were less than stellar. Somewhere in a parallel universe a stellar career in marketing is unfolding. 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As long as you bear in mind that you're dealing with a toy, you might not be too bothered by the less than stellar quality. Take time to appreciate your stellar grades, that awesome masterpiece you painted for art class and the way you've been able to reach out to a troubled pal. It's an exceptional read, a stellar reference, and a one-of-a-kind conversation partner for the trip. Glenview have lost a list of stellar names to their Super League rivals Abbey United, while many of those who waited at the club decided to wait in Sligo on Sunday as well. The show premiered two weeks ago to less than stellar ratings. The image quality isn't stellar, but as Cohen points out in the commentary, the movie looks good for a non-studio effort. Synonyms exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding, amazing, astonishing, astounding, stunning, staggering, marvellous, magnificent, wonderful, sensational, breathtaking, miraculous, singular Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin stellaris, from Latin stella ‘star’.
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