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Definition: Star |
StarAdjective1. Indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance". Noun1. (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. 2. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 3. Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night. 4. A plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem. 5. An actor who plays a principal role. 6. A performer who receives prominent billing. 7. A star-shaped character * used in printing. Verb1. Feature as the star; of artistic performances. 2. Be the star in a performance. 3. Mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Star" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star". |
Date "star" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. A self-luminous celestial body exclusive of nebulas, comets, and meteors; any one of the suns seen in the heavens. Distinguished from planets or planet satellites that shine by reflected light. See navigational stars, table VII. 2. Any luminous body seen in the heavens.The star (sense 1) of our solar system is the sun. In sense 2, star sometimes excludes the sun, the moon, and manmade satellites from the category. (references) |
Astronomy | A ball of mostly hydrogen and helium gas that shines extremely brightly. Our Sun is a star. A star is so massive that its core is extremely dense and hot. At the high stellar core temperatures, atoms move so fast that they sometimes stick to other atoms when they collide with them, forming more massive atoms and releasing a great amount of energy. This process is known as nuclear fusion. Scientists have not yet been able to use nuclear fusion as a power source here on earth, but they are trying!. (references) |
Literature | Star (A), in theatrical language, means a popular actor. Star (in Christian art). St. Bruno bears one on his breast; St. Dominic, St. Humbert, St. Peter of Alcantare, one over their head, or on their forehead, etc. Star. The ensign of knightly rank. A star of some form constitutes part of the insignia of every order of knight-hood. His star is in the ascendant. He is in luck's way; said of a person to whom some good fortune has fallen and who is very prosperous. According to astrology, those leading stars which are above the horizon at a person's birth influence his life and fortune; when those stars are in the ascendant, he is strong, healthy, and lucky; but when they are depressed below the horizon, his stars do not shine on him, he is in the shade and subject to ill-fortune. "The star of Richelieu was still in the ascendant."- St. Simon. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | Structural heart of propeller or helicopter rotor in form of hub integral with radial members which bear all stresses from attached blades. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In minerals, the presence of needlelike oriented inclusions aligned along crystallographic axes, generally in the plane normal to the c axis in thehexagonal and trigonal crystal systems. Syn:asteriated. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Star and delta. The names applied to the two more usual methods of interconnecting windings in a three-phase generator or motor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | A large ball of gas that creates and emits its own radiation. (references) |
Space | Hot, incandescent sphere of gas (usually more than 90% hydrogen) that is held together by its own gravitation and emits light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation whose ultimate source is nuclear energy. The universe contains billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains billions of stars, which are frequently bunched together in star clusters of as many as 100,000. The stars visible to the unaided eye are all in our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The visible stars are divided into six classes according to their apparent magnitude. Stars differ widely in mass, size, temperature, age, and luminosity. About 90% of all stars have masses between one tenth and 50 times that of the sun. The most luminous stars (excluding supernovas) are about a million times more powerful than the sun, while the least luminous are only a hundredth as powerful. Variable Stars fluctuate in luminosity. Red giants, the largest stars, are hundreds of times greater in size than the sun. At the opposite extreme, white dwarfs are no larger than the earth, and neutron stars are only a few kilometers in radius. The central region, or core, has a temperature of millions of degrees. At this temperature nuclear energy is released by the fusion of hydrogen to form helium. By the time nuclear energy reaches the surface of the star, it has been largely converted into visible light with a spectrum characteristic of a very hot body. The theory of stellar evolution states that a star must change as it consumes its hydrogen in the nuclear reactions that power it. When all its nuclear fuel is exhausted, the star dies, possibly in a supernova explosion. (references) |
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An erotic actor or erotic actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. Many actors/actresses may appear nude in films (usually rather briefly) or on stage but even if they depict sexual behavior they are not considered erotic actors. To be considered a erotic actor or actress, one must appear chiefly in porn movies and be filmed in explicit sexual acts, usually with close-up shots of the genitalia during sexual acts and where explicit nudity is involved. Most erotic actors use stage names.The first porn star with name recognition was Linda Lovelace who starred in the 1972 feature, Deep Throat. The success of this movie, which grossed hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide, spawned a slew of other films and pornographic film stars such as Marilyn Chambers (Behind the Green Door), Gloria Leonard (The Opening of Misty Beethoven), Georgina Spelvin (The Devil in Miss Jones), and Bambi Woods (Debbie Does Dallas).
This was followed by what is called The Golden Age of Porn in the early and mid-eighties. Such legendary performers as Seka, Annette Haven, Veronica Hart, and Hyapatia Lee became well known in this era.
The ability for people to view adult movies in the privacy of their own homes,due to the popularity of the VCR (and now DVD) created a new adult market that could not be ignored. The production values of adult films declined dramatically in the attempt to create product for ever increasing demand. As a result of this, there are hundreds of adult film companies today, releasing tens of thousands of shot-on-video titles annually.
Rates
A frequently asked question concerning erotic actors is: how much do they make? Male porn stars generally make somewhere between $250-500 a day. There is no definitive answer when it comes to female porn stars, some claim that women are paid anywhere from $500-700 a day, others say between $1,000-1,500 per day. Still others claim that women work per scene and make between $300-1,000 per scene. There may or may not be additional payment for still photography for box covers and/or advertisements for the film. Contract girls (girls who work exclusively for one studio) generally make somewhere between $100,000 and $2,000,000 dollars annually. Porn stars do not receive residuals, royalties, or extra money when scenes are reused and re-released in other features.
See also
- glamour model
- sex worker
- list of erotic actors
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- For alternate meanings see Star (disambiguation)
Hundreds of stars are visible in this image of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.A star is a large glowing sphere that is found in outer space. Stars appear as points in the nighttime sky that twinkle because of the effect of the Earth's atmosphere. The Sun is an exception: it is the only star sufficiently close to Earth to appear as a disc.
Common language does not always reflect this astronomical usage; the term "star" ordinarily does not include the Sun, and sometimes includes the visible planets and even meteors ("shooting stars" or "falling stars").
The nearest star to the earth, apart from the Sun, is Proxima Centauri, which is 40 trillion kilometers away. Light from Proxima Centauri takes 4.2 years to reach Earth. (See light year.) If you took the French TGV, one of the fastest trains, on a trip to Proxima Centauri using its highest recorded speed (515.3 kilometers per hour), it would take you about 8.86 million years.
Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70 sextillion stars in the known universe (7 x 1022). That is 70 000 000 000 000 000 000 000.
Many stars are between 1 billion and 10 billion years old. Some stars may even be close to 13.7 billion years old, which is the estimated age of the universe. (See Big Bang theory and Stellar evolution.) They range in size from the tiny neutron stars (which are actually dead stars) no bigger than a city, to supergiants like the North Star (Polaris) and Betelgeuse, in the Orion constellation, which have a diameter about 1,000 times larger than the sun—about 1.6 billion kilometers.
Scientifically, stars are defined as self-gravitating spheres of plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium, which generate their own energy through the process of nuclear fusion. The energy produced by stars radiates into space as electromagnetic radiation (mostly visible light), and as a stream of neutrinos. The apparent brightness of a star is measured by its apparent magnitude.
Stellar astronomy is the study of stars and the phenomena exhibited by the various forms/developmental stages of stars.
Many stars are gravitationally bound to other stars, forming binary stars. Larger groups called star clusters also exist. Stars are not spread uniformly across the universe, but are typically grouped into galaxies. A typical galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars.
Star formation and evolution
As learned by star formation astronomers, stars are born in molecular clouds, large regions of slightly higher density of matter (though still less dense than the inside of an earthly vacuum chamber), and form by gravitational instability inside those clouds triggered by shockwaves from supernovae. (High mass stars powerfully illuminate the clouds from which they formed. One example of such reflection nebulae is the Orion Nebula.)
Stars spend about 90% of their lifetime fusing hydrogen to produce helium in high pressure reactions near the core. Such stars are said to be on the main sequence.
Small stars (called red dwarfs) burn their fuel very slowly and last tens to hundreds of billions of years (far longer than the time elapsed in the universe so far). At the end of their lives, they simply become dimmer and dimmer, fading into black dwarfs.
As most stars exhaust their supply of hydrogen, their outer layers expand and cool to form a red giant. (In about 5 billion years, when the sun is a red giant, it will subsume Mercury and Venus.) Eventually the core is compressed enough to start helium fusion, and the star heats up and contracts. (Larger stars will also fuse heavier elements, all the way to iron.)
An average-size star will then go nova, shedding its outer layers as a planetary nebula. The core that remains will be a tiny ball of degenerate matter not massive enough for further fusion to take place, supported only by degeneracy pressure, called a white dwarf. It will fade into a black dwarf over absurdly long stretches of time.
In larger stars, fusion continues until collapse ends up causing the star to explode in a supernova. This is the only cosmic process that happens on human timescales; historically, supernovae have been observed as "new stars" where none existed before. Most of the matter in a star is blown away in the explosion (forming nebulae such as the Crab Nebula) but what remains will collapse into a neutron star (a pulsar or X-ray burster) or, in the case of the largest stars, a black hole.
The blown-off outer layers includes heavy elements, which are often converted into new stars and/or planets. The outflow from supernovae and the stellar wind of large stars play an important part in shaping the interstellar medium.
Stellar evolution explains how stars are created and die in greater detail.
Star classification
There are different classifications of stars ranging from type O which are very large and bright, to M which is often just large enough to start ignition of the hydrogen. Some of the more common classifications are O,B,A,F,G,K,M, and can perhaps be more easily remembered using the mnemonic "Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me", invented by Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941). There are many other mnemonics for star classification. Each letter has 9 subclassifications. Our sun is a G2, which is very near the middle in terms of quantities observed. Most stars fall into the main sequence which is a description of stars based on their absolute magnitude and spectral type.
The sun is taken as the prototypical star (not because it is special in any way, but because is the closest and most studied star we have), and most characteristics of other stars are usually given in solar units.
For example, the mass of the sun is
The masses of all other stars are given in terms of Msun.
- Msun = 1.9891 × 1030 kg
Naming of stars
Most stars are identified only by catalog numbers; only a few have names as such. The names are either traditional names (mostly from Arabic), Flamsteed designations or Bayer designations. The only body which has been recognized by the scientific community as having competence to name stars or other celestial bodies is the International Astronomical Union. A number of private companies (e.g. the "International Star Registry") purport to sell names to stars; however, these names are not recognized by the scientific community, nor used by them. (Many in the astronomy community view these organizations as frauds preying on people ignorant of how stars are in fact named.) See star designations for more information on how stars are named.
Nuclear fusion reaction pathways
A variety of different nuclear fusion reactions take place inside the cores of stars, depending upon their mass and composition (see Stellar nucleosynthesis).
Stars begin as a cloud of mostly hydrogen with about 25% helium and heavier elements in smaller quantities. In the Sun, with a 107 K core, hydrogen fuses to form helium in the proton-proton chain:
These reactions result in the overall reaction:
- 2(1H + 1H → 2D + e- + νe) (4.0 MeV + 1.0 MeV)
- 2(1H + 2D → 3He + &gamma) (5.5 MeV)
- 3He + 3He → 4He + 1H + 1H (12.9 MeV)
In more massive stars, helium is produced in a cycle of reactions catalyzed by carbon, the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle.
- 41H → 4He + 2e- + 2γ + 2νe (26.7 MeV)
In stars with cores at 108 K and masses between 0.5 and 10 solar masses, helium can be transformed into carbon in the triple-alpha process:
For an overall reaction of:
- 4He + 4He + 92 keV → 8*Be
- 4He + 8*Be + 67 keV → 12*C
- 12*C → 12C + γ + 7.4 MeV
- 34He → 12C + γ + 7.2 MeV
Related topics
See also: Blue straggler
- Brightest stars as seen from Earth
- Nearest stars to us
- Stellar evolution
- List of mnemonics for star classification
- Stars with extrasolar planets
- Stars with articles in Wikipedia
- Timeline of stellar astronomy
- Nursery rhyme Twinkle twinkle little star
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Star has several meanings in different fields:
- Astronomy
- Geometry
- Heraldry
- Music
- Movies
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Star is a city located in Ada County, Idaho. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,795.Geography
Star is located at 43°41'39" North, 116°29'25" West (43.694084, -116.490225)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,795 people, 631 households, and 485 families residing in the city. The population density is 805.9/km² (2,092.5/mi²). There are 681 housing units at an average density of 305.7/km² (793.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 92.87% White, 0.28% African American, 0.95% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.89% from other races, and 4.74% from two or more races. 4.29% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 631 households out of which 48.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% are married couples living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% are non-families. 16.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.82 and the average family size is 3.19. In the city the population is spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 36.4% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $42,337, and the median income for a family is $46,458. Males have a median income of $31,028 versus $22,625 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,864. 8.5% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.7% are under the age of 18 and 13.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Star, Idaho."
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Star is a town located in Montgomery County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 807.Geography
Star is located at 35°23'54" North, 79°46'60" West (35.398366, -79.783280)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 807 people, 335 households, and 211 families residing in the town. The population density is 257.5/km² (666.4/mi²). There are 364 housing units at an average density of 116.1/km² (300.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 90.71% White, 1.98% African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 5.33% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. 9.17% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 335 households out of which 29.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% are married couples living together, 14.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% are non-families. 33.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 3.04. In the town the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $26,845, and the median income for a family is $32,083. Males have a median income of $26,563 versus $22,344 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,300. 18.1% of the population and 12.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.8% are under the age of 18 and 7.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Star, North Carolina."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
STAR | English | Serial Titles Automated Record | Food & Agriculture, Information |
STAR | French | Satellites de Télécommunication,d'Application et de Recherche | Post & Telecom |
STAR | German | Satelliten für Telekommunikation,Anwendung und Raumforschung | Post & Telecom |
| ST | English | Star tracker | Military & Defense |
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Synonyms: StarSynonyms: leading(p) (adj), prima(p) (adj), star(p) (adj), starring(p) (adj), stellar(a) (adj), ace (n), adept (n), asterisk (n), genius (n), headliner (n), hotshot (n), lead (n), maven (n), principal (n), sensation (n), virtuoso (n), whiz (n), whizz (n), wiz (n), wizard (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nobility | Personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark; notables, notabilities; celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar; big bug; big gun, great gun; gilded rooster; magni nominis umbra; " every inch a king ". |
Ornament | Tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette. |
Repute | Chief; (master); first fiddle; (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon; (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels; (trophy). |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
Title | Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Just because you're a big movie star, wild parties, swimming pools, you expect every girl to fall in a dead faint at your feet (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) For what? For a tin star. It's all for nothin', Will (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) Well, I couldn't afford a place like this in a million years unless, of course, I'm discovered and become a movie star. Of course, I'd rather be known as a great actress than a movie star (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) We were led by a star. (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Second star to the right and straight on till morning (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) | |
Lyrics | Hey now, you're an All Star! Get your game on, go play (All Star; performing artist: Smash Mouth) And every star in the sky is taking aim (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua) Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) Would you be the star in my storybook life (Storybook Life; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you can name six Star Trek episodes. (references; author: unknown) A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. (references; author: unknown) Most books now say our sun is a star, but it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime. (references; author: unknown) You're trailer trash when you think the last words of the Star Spangled Banner are, "Gentlemen start your engines. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) Children of the Dog Star (1974) Dark Star (1974) | |
Song Titles | Star Trekkin' (performing artist: The Firm) Now's The Time To Touch A Star (performing artist: Karl Franzen) Wanderin' Star (performing artist: Lee Marvin) I've Told Every Little Star (performing artist: Linda Scott) Lucky Star (performing artist: Madonna) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Transmission electron micrograph of a feline calicivirus. Virions average 35-40 nm in diameter. Cup-like surface depressions sometimes manifest as a "Star of David" array. Credit: CDC. |  | "Star" by Hassan Sedaghat. |
 | Shooting Star Experiment. Credit: NASA. |  | Fireworks of Star Formation Light Up a Galaxy. Credit: NASA. |
 | This is the first direct image of a star other than the Sun. Called Alpha Orionis, or ... Credit: NASA. |  | Pinpointing the rapidly fading ember of a recently burned-out star, the Hubble telescope is ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Mosaic of the near side of the moon as taken by the Clementine star trackers. The images were taken on March 15, 1994. In this view, north is up. The bright crater near the bottom of the image is the Tycho. Credit: NASA. |  | Betelgeuse, the brightest star in the constellation Orion. (Produced with ESA's Faint Object Camera (FOC), Hubble Space Telescope.). Credit: NASA. |
 | Captain Nemo taking a star sight from the deck of the NAUTILUS. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Francis X. Popper Observing salinity measurements on the EXPLORER Served in Philippines in WWII and received Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Sunset of a star" by Jimmy Svensson Commentary: "The sun really is a star!." | "Young shinig star" by Filip Schneider Commentary: "Thanx to digital engeneer mychal and his machine olympus camedia." |
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 | Star trek button noise. | | Brief swishing sound from star wars light saber . |
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| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star. |
Dante (Alighieri) | Follow your own star! |
Edwin Markham | The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood. |
Helen Hunt Jackson | Oh, write of me, not ''Died in bitter pains,'' but ''Emigrated to another star!'' |
Henry David Thoreau | The sun is but a morning star. |
John Milton | The star that bids the shepherd fold. |
Lord Byron | Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Hitch your wagon to a star. |
William Blake | He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Not a star was in the sky. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | At the corner of a street the shaft of a lorry shivered the window of the hansom in the shape of a star. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The evening star flashed and glittered in the dusk |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers experiencing his first migraine at age 14. The pain was unlike the discomfort of his previous mild headaches. (references) | |
Human ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichia chaffeensis was first described in 1987. The disease occurs primarily in the southeastern and south central regions of the country and is primarily transmitted by the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. (references) | ||
Ehrlichia chaffeensis infections are most frequently reported from southeastern and midwestern states with abundant lone star tick populations, especially Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. (references) | ||
Business | Foreign firms manage the majority of the four and five star hotels in Egypt. (references) | |
In 1998-1999, Ukraine joined the Global Star and Iridium satellite networks. (references) | ||
Kiev Star offers its cellular customers the satellite services by Globalstar and vice versa. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Liberia | Star Radio remained closed during the year. (references) |
Cameroon | The station's manager never filed an application for Radio Star, although he applied for a license for a Yaounde-based station. (references) | |
China | On December 20, 2000, Hunan Star TV's talk show, Take it Easy, became the first program in to air a program talking frankly about homosexual life. (references) | |
Economic History | Turkey | Flag: White crescent and star on a red field. (references) |
Brazil | If rated, these flats would be classified as either 3 or 4 star hotels. (references) | |
Tunisia | Flag: Red star on a red crescent in a white circle centered on a red background. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malawi | On November 27, Evison Matafale, a popular reggae star, died while in police custody. (references) |
Nigeria | During the year, Bamaiyi and Mustapha appeared before the HRVIP in Abuja; they previously had appeared before the HRVIP in Lagos in 2000. No action was taken against the police who reportedly killed 509 suspected armed robbers robbery suspects in Lagos State in August 2000 or the police who killed 2 persons during a 5-day petroleum strike in June 2000. No action was taken against army personnel responsible for rapes and other abuses in Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers States reported in 1999. After the November 1999 release of Jerry Needam, editor of the Ogoni Star newspaper, the government representatives failed to appear in court for any hearings relating to his case. (references) | |
Travel | Burma | Myanma Five Star lines, a government shipping agency, handles such shipments. (references) |
Women | Singapore | The Star shelter accepts children, women, and men, and can accommodate up to 30 persons. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos. O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought, A gilded impostor is he. Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought, His crown is brass, Himself an ass, And his power is fiddle-dee-dee. Prankily, crankily prating of naught, Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought. Public opinion's camp-follower he, Thundering, blundering, plundering free. Affected, Ungracious, Suspected, Mendacious, Respected contemporaree! J.H. Bumbleshook |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Because of you, the Star Spangled Banner will be preserved for the ages. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Star" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.70% of the time. "Star" is used about 5,177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.7% | 4,436 | 2,210 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.73% | 555 | 11,253 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.57% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.48% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.35% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.17% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,177 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "star" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Star | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,890 |
| Star | Last name | 300 | 23,367 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Star" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "star". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Serah | N/A | Biblical | The morning star |
| Steren | Female | Cornish | A star |
| Sterre | Female | Dutch | A star |
| Star | Female | English | A star |
| Stella | Female | English | The star of the sea |
| Sterling | Male | English | A little star |
| Stirling | Male | English | A little star |
| Stela | Female | Romanian | A star |
| Estrella | Female | Spanish | The star of the sea |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Morning Star Holdings (Australia) Ltd. | Canada | Golden Star Resources Limited |
| Hong Kong | Star Cyberpower Holdings Ltd | India | Blue Star Limited |
| Italy | Star Stabilimento Alimentare SPA | Japan | Star Futures Securities Co., Ltd. |
| Malaysia | Star Publications (Malaysia) Berhad | Singapore | Star Cruises Ltd |
| Switzerland | Big Star Holding Aktiengesellschaft | United Kingdom | New Star Investment Trust Plc. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Star, ID 2. Star, NC (town, FIPS 64580) 3. Star, TX |
Expressions using "star": american star grass ♦ amplitude of a star ♦ basket star ♦ bath star ♦ be born under a lucky star ♦ be born under an unlucky star ♦ binary star ♦ Blazing star ♦ blue star ♦ bog star ♦ born under a lucky star ♦ Brittle star ♦ broadband integrated distributed star ♦ bronze Star ♦ bronze Star Medal ♦ Christmas star ♦ Cushion star ♦ day star ♦ death star ♦ dense blazing star ♦ Dog Star ♦ Double star ♦ dwarf star ♦ Energy Star ♦ evening star ♦ Fairbanks North Star ♦ fallen star ♦ falling star ♦ Feather star ♦ film star ♦ fixed star ♦ flare star ♦ fundamental star places ♦ giant star ♦ giant star grass ♦ golden star ♦ grand star ♦ guest star ♦ guiding star ♦ hitch smb.'s waggon to a star ♦ jack star ♦ Kleene star ♦ little star ♦ load star ♦ Lone Star ♦ lucky star ♦ Magnitude of a star ♦ mill star ♦ morning star ♦ movie star ♦ multiple star ♦ nebulous star ♦ neutron star ♦ north star ♦ North Star State ♦ one's star in the ascendant ♦ opera star ♦ operatic star ♦ periodic star ♦ periodical star ♦ polar star ♦ pole star ♦ prairie star ♦ pulsating star ♦ red dwarf star ♦ red giant star ♦ Rising Star ♦ rock star ♦ sand star ♦ sea star ♦ serpent star ♦ shooting star ♦ silver Star ♦ silver Star Medal ♦ star 0 ♦ star anchor ♦ star anis ♦ star anise ♦ star aniseed ♦ star antimony ♦ star apple ♦ star architecture ♦ star begonia ♦ star chamber ♦ star chart ♦ Star City ♦ star conner ♦ star coral ♦ star crack ♦ star cucumber ♦ star divination ♦ star drift ♦ star drill ♦ star dust ♦ star earthball ♦ star flower ♦ star fort ♦ star fruit ♦ Star Fruit (carambola) ♦ star gauge ♦ star gazer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "star": star-beads, star-bird, star-birth, Star-blind, star-board, Star-bowlines, star-bright, star-broken, star-burst, Star-chamber, star-clocks, star-clouds, star-cluster, star-clusters, star-conscious, star-corridors, star-coupler, Star-crossed, star-cruising, star-dance, star-duckweed, star-dust, star-dusted, star-encrusted, star-endorsed, star-f, star-fastening, star-field, star-fields, star-figures, Star-file, star-filled, star-fire, star-fish, star-flowers, star-form, star-formation, star-forming, star-frost, star-gaze, star-gazer, star-gazing, star-glory, star-grazer, star-grooming, star-headed hyacinth, star-heavy, star-in-the-making, star-knight, star-launch, star-launching, star-leaf begonia, star-like, star-lit, star-maker, star-map, star-mists, star-name, star-next-door, star-nosed mole, star-of-Bethlehem, Star-of-the-earth, star-oriented, star-packed, star-patterned, star-pine, star-pitted, star-pointed, star-printed, star-producer, star-rating, Star-read, star-shaped, star-shapes, star-shell, star-shells, star-shipping, star-shoots-his-way-out-of-the-ghetto, star-show, star-sign, star-slave, Star-spangled, Star-Spangled Banner, star-speckled, star-splashed, star-spotter, star-spotting, star-spun, star-strangled, star-striker, star-struck, star-studded, star-systems, star-tanned, Star-tek, star-thistle, star-travel, star-trimm, star-turn, star-type, star-vaulting, star-void, star-walking, star-washed. | |
Ending with "star": all-star, data-star, dog-star, film-star, movie-star, one-star, pop-star, switched-star, three-star, tri-star, two-star. | |
Containing "star": five-star-standard, four-star petrol, Lone-Star State, rock-star-ness, the-most-important-film-star-of-the-nineties, three-star-quality, tri-star-shaped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
porn star | 21,531 | star and stripes | 1,775 |
star war | 15,460 | the philippine star | 1,751 |
star | 13,909 | star telegram | 1,626 |
toronto star | 11,116 | arizona daily star | 1,561 |
star war galaxy | 8,539 | name a star | 1,502 |
star trek | 7,619 | star magazine | 1,455 |
star craft | 7,098 | porn star finder | 1,436 |
star tribune | 5,753 | star craft cd key | 1,355 |
movie star | 4,154 | the star spangled banner | 1,351 |
kansas city star | 4,083 | free porn star | 1,332 |
morning star | 3,672 | moon star | 1,227 |
lone star | 3,465 | north star | 1,214 |
star ledger | 2,988 | black porn star | 1,200 |
star fish | 2,723 | star tattoo | 1,185 |
star war kid | 2,495 | the windsor star | 1,165 |
indianapolis star | 2,462 | buy star | 1,129 |
phantasy star online | 2,452 | star craft cheat | 1,098 |
fort worth star telegram | 2,297 | newark star ledger | 1,072 |
star and stripes forever | 2,137 | battle star galactica |
