Stellar Definition

stĕlər
adjective
Of the stars or a star.
Webster's New World
Like a star, as in shape.
Webster's New World
By or as by a star performer; excellent; outstanding.
Webster's New World
Outstanding; principal.
American Heritage
Leading; chief.
A stellar role.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Stellar

  • Late Latin stēllāris from Latin stēlla star ster-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stēllāris.

    From Wiktionary

Stellar Sentence Examples

  • As early as 1573, Thomas Digges had suggested that this theory should necessitate a parallactic shifting of the stars, and, consequently, if such stellar parallaxes existed, then the Copernican theory would receive additional confirmation.

  • The moon was the earliest " measurer " both of time and space; but its services can scarcely have been rendered available until stellar " milestones " were established at suitable points along its path.

  • In 1882 Pritchard commenced a systematic study of stellar photometry.

  • In 1876 he successfully applied photography to the study of the ultra-violet region of stellar spectra.

  • The final stage of stellar evolution depends upon star size.

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