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Star

Definition: Star

Star

Adjective

1. 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".

Noun

1. (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.

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Star

DomainDefinition

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Erotic actor

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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.

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Star

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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

Msun = 1.9891 × 1030 kg

The masses of all other stars are given in terms of Msun.

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:

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)

These reactions result in the overall reaction:

41H → 4He + 2e- + 2γ + 2νe (26.7 MeV)

In more massive stars, helium is produced in a cycle of reactions catalyzed by carbon, the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle.

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:

4He + 4He + 92 keV → 8*Be
4He + 8*Be + 67 keV → 12*C
12*C → 12C + γ + 7.4 MeV

For an overall reaction of:

34He → 12C + γ + 7.2 MeV

Related topics

See also: Blue straggler

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Star."

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Star (disambiguation)

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Star has several meanings in different fields:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Star (disambiguation)."

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Star, Idaho

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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, North Carolina

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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."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Star

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

STAR

EnglishSerial Titles Automated RecordFood & Agriculture, Information

STAR

FrenchSatellites de Télécommunication,d'Application et de RecherchePost & Telecom

STAR

GermanSatelliten für Telekommunikation,Anwendung und RaumforschungPost & Telecom
STEnglishStar trackerMilitary & Defense

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Star

Synonyms: 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)

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Synonyms within Context: Star

ContextSynonyms 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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Crosswords: Star

English words defined with "star": American star grassBinary starDog Starfilm star, fixed star, flare stargiant starMagnitude of a star, movie starNebulous star, neutron star, North StarPeriodic star, polar starred dwarf star, red giant starSand star, serpent star, shooting star, Star showers, Sun star, Swart startelevision star, Temporary star, The evening star, track star, TV starVariable starwhite dwarf star. (references)
Specialty definitions using "star": Besselian star numbersDeath Starevolved starintercon- nected star connectionKleene starMorning Star of the Reformationoptical double starphysical double starSilver Star of Love, Son of the Star, STAR 0, star antimony, star grain, star handle, star knob with more than four projections, STAR LAG, star network, Star of the South, star quartz, star telescope, Star Trek issueTO STAR THE GLAZE. (references)
Etymologies containing "star": Verticillaster. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Star" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (celebrity, star), Dutch (fixed, rigid, stiff), French (celebrity, star), German (leading light, star, starling), Romansch (to reside), Serbo-Croatian (aged, ancient, old, old time, olden, scrap, senescent), Turkish (headliner, star).

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Modern Usage: Star

DomainUsage

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)

Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)

In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star (1973)

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Star

DomainTitle

References

  • Morning Star Holdings (Australia) Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Movie Star, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Northern Star Financial, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Five Star Products, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Big Star Holding Aktiengesellschaft: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A microwear analysis of selected artefact types from the Mesolithic sites of Star Carr and Mount Sandel (reference)

  • Cooking Light Five Star Recipes: The Best of 10 Years (reference)

  • Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones 18-Month Calendar 2003 (reference)

  • Jim Abbott: Star Pitcher (Millbrook Sports World) (reference)

  • Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Buying, & Using Telescopes and Accessories (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 110: The Begotten (reference)

  • Star Trek - The Animated Series, Vol. 8: The Eye Of The Beholder/ Once Upon A Planet (reference)

  • Little Star of Bethlehem (reference)

  • Star of Bethlehem (reference)

  • Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 7, Episodes 14 & 15: The Galileo Seven/ Court-Martial (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Star

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Photo Album: Star

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Star
 

"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."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Star".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Star trek button noise.Brief swishing sound from star wars light saber .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Star

AuthorQuotation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Star

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Star

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Star

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Because of you, the Star Spangled Banner will be preserved for the ages.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Star

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)85.7%4,4362,210
Noun (proper)10.73%55511,253
Lexical Verb (infinitive)2.57%13327,614
Lexical Verb (base form)0.48%2569,787
Adjective (general or positive)0.35%1882,615
Unclassified Items0.17%9117,287
                    Total100.00%5,177N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Star

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
StarFirst name Female3,0001,890
StarLast name30023,367
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Star

"Star" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star".
 
The following table summarizes names derived from the word "star".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
SerahN/ABiblical

The morning star

SterenFemaleCornish

A star

SterreFemaleDutch

A star

StarFemaleEnglish

A star

StellaFemaleEnglish

The star of the sea

SterlingMaleEnglish

A little star

StirlingMaleEnglish

A little star

StelaFemaleRomanian

A star

EstrellaFemaleSpanish

The star of the sea

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Star

CountryNameCountryName
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.

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Cities: Star


1. Star, ID
Zip Code(s): 83669
Country: USA


2. Star, NC (town, FIPS 64580)
Location: 35.40046 N, 79.78422 W
Population (1990): 775 (318 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 27356
Country: USA


3. Star, TX
Zip Code(s): 76880
Country: USA

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Expressions: Star

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Star

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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

1,066

minneapolis star tribune

1,882

star war episode 3

1,063
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Star

Language Translations for "star"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

ster (celebrity). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

yll (asterisk, hero, pip). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نجم أو نجمة في السينما, ‏رصع بالنجوم, ‏أشر بنجمة, ‏النجمة (principal), ‏الكوكب (planet, verticil, whorl), ‏ترصع بالنجوم, ‏تألق (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, glint, glitter, glory, irradiate, luminosity, magnificence, outshine, radiance, radiate, ray, refulgence, scintillate, shine, shine through, sparkle, vivacity), ‏شكل يمثل نجمة, ‏نجم (leading, luminary, superstar), ‏كوكب, ‏نجم السينما, ‏نجمة, ‏نجمي (astral, staring, starry, stellar), ‏مثل دور (personate, personify), ‏مثل دور البطولة, ‏ممثل (actor, agent, delegate, deputy, performer, player, rep, representative, stager, vicar), ‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, staring). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

estrella. (various references)

   

Aymara

  

huarahuara. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

intanda. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съдба (chance, destiny, dispensation, doom, fatality, fate, fortune, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, portion, weird), щастие (blessedness, bliss, felicity, fortune, happiness, luck, rejoicing, speed), осейвам със звезди, отбелязвам със звездичка, звезден (astral, sidereal, starlight, starlit, starry, stellar), звезда (headliner, sphere, spider, top-liner, world), звездичка (asterisk, starlet), знаменитост (celebrity, light, lion, name, notability, notoriety, personality, prominence, worthy), емблема (allegory, cognizance, device, emblem, insignia, symbol, totem), белег за качество, играя главна роля (feature). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

estel. (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

bitoon. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

puti'on. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(satellite, small amount). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

steren. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vystupovat (appear, conduct oneself, stand out), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, sterling, superlative, wonderful), prvotřídní (big time, champion, chance, choice, crack, first class, first rate, high-class, preeminent, sterling, tiptop, topflight, topnotch), opatřit hvìzdièkami, nejvìtší (greatest, uttermost), hvìzdièka (asterisk, starlet), hvìzda (cartwheel, catherine wheel, dog star, personality), hlavní (big, capital city, Cardinal, chief, decuman, essential, leading, magistral, main, major, prime, principal, staple). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stjerne (asterisk, prong, stella). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ster (celebrity, heavenly body). (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

cuillur. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

stelulo (celebrity), stelulino (celebrity), stelo (stelo), stela (of a star, sideral, star-). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

stjørna (heavenly body). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نجم , کوکب , ستاره (Aster, Shiner), اختر, درخشیدن (Glint, Glisten, Glitter, Glory, Lamp, Lighten, Luster, Ray, Scintillate, Sheen, Shine), باستاره زینت کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tähti (asterisk). (various references)

   

French

  

étoile (bath star, stella), vedette (movie star, star turn), star. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

stjer. (various references)

   

German

  

Stern (asterisk, astronomical, diamond, pip, stern). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αστέρι. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

yll. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כוכב. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csillag (asterisk, astral), filmsztár (celebrity, film star). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bintang (asteroid, medal). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

ulluriaq. (various references)

   

Irish

  

réalta. (various references)

   

Italian

  

stella. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅえんしゃ (leading actor), きょはく (an authority, big shot, ocean liner), ほしじるし (asterisk), ほし (cured, dried), にんきやくしゃ (stage favorite), せいと (adherent, disciple, expedition, pupil, the path of life, the world), せんりょうやくしゃ (leading figure, prima donna), めいゆう (great or famous actor, sworn friend), スター , タレント (personality, talent), エトワール , みょうじょう (Lucifer, morning star, Venus). (various references)

   

Kongo

  

ntetembwa. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(STARS). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

stella. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

zvezda. (various references)

   

Manx

  

skead (blaze, blaze on face, patch on animal), rontage, rolteen (asterisk, starlet), roltage, roltag (aster), rolt, cur rollage rish, cowraghey lesh rollageyn. (various references)

   

Maori

  

whetuu. (various references)

   

Maya

  

eek (black). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

stjerne. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

estèla, astre. (various references)

   

Papago

  

hu'u. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

streya, strea. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arstay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

gwiazda. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

estrela (spider), astro (heavenly body, luminary, world). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

estela. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

strãluci (beam, blaze, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glisten, glitter, glow, irradiate, light, radiate, scintillate, shine, sparkle), steluţã (starlet), stelar (astral, starry, stellar), stea (blaze, destiny, fate, light, streamer, sweetheart), sorţi (lot, odds), noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, score, strike, success, your health), înstela, asterisc (asterisk), astru (globe, light, luminary, sphere), avea rol principal (play first fiddle), celebritate (celebrity, fame, lion, renown, worthy), divã (diva), însemna cu un asterisc, juca un rol principal, zodie (fate), vedetã, fi în rol principal. (various references)

   

Romansch

  

staila. (various references)

   

Romany

  

cherhèn. (various references)

   

Ruanda

  

inyenyeri. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

звезда звездный, звезда (spider, stars), знаменитый актер. (various references)

   

Samoan

  

fetu. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

reul (pl.). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

naledi. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zvezda (headliner). (various references)

   

Shona

  

nyenyedzi. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estrella (blaze, canvas, pip). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

stari. (various references)

   

Swazi

  

ín-khanyéti. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stjärna (Ace, asterisk, pip). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

talà, bituín. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

star (headliner), yıldızlarla süslemek, yıldızlamak, yıldız yapmak, yıldız olmak (rise to stardom), yıldız (astral, planetary, sidereal), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendid, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), başrolde oynatmak (feature), başrolde oynamak, büyük (almighty, ample, big, bulky, capacious, capital, cyclopean, elder, enormous, exalted, extended, grand, grand-, great, great-, handsome, healthy, high, keen, large, large scale, long, macro-, magniloquent, major, mega-, megalo-, mighty, no end, no end of, older, out, precious, rousing, senior, smart, stout, sublime, swingeing, wide), şans (auspiciousness, chance, fluke, flukey, fluky, fortune, good luck, hap, hazard, hit, inning, innings, luck, odds, opportunity, shot, show, turnup), önemli (big, big time, capital, consequential, considerable, emphatic, emphatical, eventful, fateful, grand, grave, great, gut, healthy, heavy, high, historic, historical, important, leading, major, momentous, noteworthy, of importance, of note, of weight, prominent, respectable, serious, significant, smart, solemn, substantial, top-line, urgent, weighty, worthy). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яyldyz, яagtylgyз. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

кінозірка, головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, grand, head, leading, master, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple), нагороджувати орденом, зіркоподібний (asteroid, radial, stellar, stellate, stellated, stellular), зірка (shiner), зоряний (astral, sidereal, starlight, starlit, starry, stellar), зоря (dawning, day-spring, youth), знаменитий (big-name, celebrated, classic, famous, glorious, noted, notified, notorious, outstanding, well known), бути зіркою, прикрашати зірками, пляма (blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, macula, maculation, slur, smear, smirch, splash, spot, stain, taint). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sao (lambent), tướng tinh, nghệ sĩ nổi tiếng, ngôi sao. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

seren (asterisk). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

ek'. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Star

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

kilib, mul, un. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

astron. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

astra, astrum, sidera, sideribus, siderum, sidus, stella. (various references)

Avestan200-600

star, stara. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Star

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 7, Verse 43
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai anelabete thn skhnhn tou moloc kai to astron tou qeou umwn remfan touV tupouV ouV epoihsate proskunein autoiV kai metoikiw umaV epekeina babulwnoV
Latin405VulgateEt suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch et sidus dei vestri Rempham figuras quas fecistis adorare eas et transferam vos trans Babylonem
Middle English1395WyclifAnd ye han take the tabernacle of Moloc, and the sterre of youre god Renfam, figuris that ye han maad to worschipe hem; and Y schal translate you in to Babiloyn.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd ye toke vnto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of youre god Remphan figures which ye made to worshippe them. And I will translate you beyonde Babylon.
Jacobean English1611King JamesYea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Victorian English1833WebsterYes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Star

LanguageActs Chapter 7, Verse 43
AlbanianApo më shumë mbartët çadrën e Molokut dhe yllin e perëndisë suaj Remfan, imaxhe që i bëtë vetë për t'i adhuruar; për këtë arsye unë do t'ju shpërngul përtej Babilonisë".
CebuanoHinonoa maoy inyong gidaladala ang tolda ni Moloc ug ang bitoon sa dios nga si Ronfan, ang mga larawan nga gipamuhat ninyo aron maoy inyong pagasim-bahon; busa, ilabay ko gayud kamo ngadto sa unahan pa sa Babilonia.`
CroatianPoprimiste šator Molohov i zvijezdu boga Refana - likove koje napraviste da biste im se klanjali. Odvest æu vas stoga u progonstvo onkraj Babilona!"
DanishOg I bare Moloks Telt og Guden Remfans Stjerne, de Billeder, som I havde gjort for at tilbede dem; og jeg vil flytte eder bort hinsides Babylon."
DutchJa, gij hebt opgenomen den tabernakel van Moloch, en het gesternte van uw god Remfan, de afbeeldingen, die gij gemaakt hebt, om die te aanbidden; en Ik zal u overvoeren op gene zijde van Babylon.
FinnishEtte; vaan te kannoitte Molokin majaa ja Romfa jumalan tähteä, niitä kuvia, jotka te olitte tehneet kumarrettaviksenne. Sentähden minä siirrän teidät toiselle puolelle Babylonin.`
FrenchVous avez porté la tente de Moloch Et l`étoile du dieu Remphan, Ces images que vous avez faites pour les adorer! Aussi vous transporterai-je au delà de Babylone.
GermanUnd ihr nahmet die Hütte Molochs an und das Gestirn eures Gottes Remphan, die Bilder, die ihr gemacht hattet, sie anzubeten. Und ich will euch wegwerfen jenseit Babylon."
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKemah berhala Molokhlah yang kamu bawa-bawa bersama-sama dengan patung bintang berhalamu, yaitu Refan; itulah patung yang kamu buat untuk disembah. Oleh sebab itu Aku akan membuang kamu sampai jauh ke seberang di negeri Babel.'
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSesungguhnya kamu mengarak kemah Molokh itu dan bintang Rempan, berhalamu, yaitu segala patung yang kamu perbuat hendak disembah; sebab itu Aku akan memindahkan kamu ke sebelah sana negeri Babil.
MaoriNa kua mau koutou ki te tapenakara o Moroko, ki te whetu o to koutou atua o Reipana, ki nga whakapakoko i hanga e koutou hei koropiko atu; na, maku koutou e kawe atu ki tawahi o Papurona.
NorwegianNei, I bar med eder Moloks telt og guden Remfans stjerne, de billeder som I gjorde for å tilbede dem, og jeg vil flytte eder bort hinsides Babylon.
RumanianAyi purtat cortul lui Moloh wi chipul stelei zeului Remfan, chipurile acelea, pe cari le-ayi fqcut ca sq vq knchinayi lor! De aceea vq voi strqmuta dincolo de Babilon.`
RussianчЩ РТЙОСМЙ УЛЙОЙА нПМПИПЧХ Й ЪЧЕЪДХ ВПЗБ ЧБЫЕЗП тЕНЖБОБ, ЙЪПВТБЦЕОЙС, ЛПФПТЩЕ ЧЩ УДЕМБМЙ, ЮФПВЩ РПЛМПОСФШУС ЙН: Й с РЕТЕУЕМА ЧБУ ДБМЕЕ чБЧЙМПОБ.
ShuarAntsu, Muruk naartin ántar-yusa pujamurin jukimiarme. Tura Chíkich ántar-yussha, ni naari Rempan, yaa aanin najanarum nusha jukimiarme. Júkin asakrumin Atumí nunkeya jukin, Tímiai Papirúnia nunkan nankaiki akupkatjarme" Tímiayi Yus." Nuní aarmaiti' Tímiayi.
SpanishMás bien, llevasteis el tabernáculo de Moloc y la estrella de vuestro dios Renfán, las imágenes que hicisteis para adorarlas. Por tanto, os transportaré más allá de Babilonia.
SwahiliNinyi mlikibeba kibanda cha mungu Moloki, na sanamu ya nyota ya mungu wenu Refani. Sanamu mlizozifanya ndizo mlizoabudu. Kwa sababu hiyo nitakupeleka mateka mbali kupita Babuloni!`
SwedishNej, I buren Moloks tält och guden Romfas stjärna, de bilder som I hade gjort för att tillbedja. Därför skall jag låta eder föras åstad ända bortom Babylon.'
UmaMepue' -koi hi pue' to rahanga' Molokh, pai' tomi-na nikeni-keni oa' dohe-ni. Mepue' wo'o-koi hi pinotau to molence betue' Refan. Lence-lence toe-mi to nibabehi bona nipue'. Toe pai' kupelele' moto-koi mpai' ratawani, pai' rakeni hilou duu' rata hi mali ria ngata Babel.'

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Star

Derivations

Words beginning with "star": starboard, starboarded, starboarding, starboards, starburst, starbursts, starch, starched, starches, starchier, starchiest, starchily, starchiness, starchinesses, starching, starchy, stardom, stardoms, stardust, stardusts, stare, stared, starer, starers, stares, starets, starfish, starfishes, starflower, starflowers, starfruit, starfruits, stargaze, stargazed, stargazer, stargazers, stargazes, stargazing, stargazings, staring, stark, starker, starkers, starkest, starkly, starkness, starknesses, starless, starlet, starlets, starlight. (additional references)

Words ending with "star": costar, daystar, earthstar, instar, loadstar, lodestar, megastar, polestar, protostar, superstar. (additional references)

Words containing "star": astarboard, bastard, bastardies, bastardise, bastardised, bastardises, bastardising, bastardization, bastardizations, bastardize, bastardized, bastardizes, bastardizing, bastardly, bastards, bastardy, bustard, bustards, cornstarch, cornstarches, costard, costards, costarred, costarring, costars, custard, custards, custardy, dastard, dastardliness, dastardlinesses, dastardly, dastards, daystars, earthstars, instarred, instarring, instars, kickstart, kickstarted, kickstarting, kickstarts, loadstars, lodestars, megastars, misstart, misstarted, misstarting, misstarts, mustard, mustards. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Star" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estar, etar, ostar, Ostara, Ostra, Otar, saar, sarr, satar, satara, satpar, satro, Sattaur, Schaar, schar, sdar, sdr, Setar, sgar, siar, sjar, smar, srar, sta, stad, Staer, staf, staq, starb, starc, stard, Stari, starp, stary, stau, Stavro, stax, stayr, staz, stda, stear, stehr, steor, sterd, sterl, sterr, steur, stiri, stiro, stirr, stoar, storq, str, stra, strag, strat, sturr, styr, suar, svar, swar, syter, szar, Ts'ao, tsara, tsu, Ystad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Star"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "star" (pronounced stÄ"r)
4s t Ä" rsuperstar.
3-t Ä" rguitar, tar.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Star

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: arts, rats, tars, tsar.

Words within the letters "a-r-s-t"

-1 letter: ars, art, ras, rat, sat, tar, tas.

-2 letters: ar, as, at, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: airts, artsy, aster, astir, brats, carts, darts, drats, frats, harts, karst, karts, marts, parts, prats, rafts, rants, rates, ratos, roast, rotas, satyr, scart, sitar, smart, sprat, stair, stare, stark, stars, start, strap, straw, stray, stria, sutra, swart, tahrs, tares, tarns, taros, tarps, tarsi, tarts, tears, toras, trams, trans, traps, trash, trass, trays, tsars, tzars, warts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Cities
19. Expressions
20. Expressions: Internet
21. Translations: Modern
22. Translations: Ancient
23. Bible Trace
24. Abbreviations
25. Acronyms
26. Derivations
27. Rhymes
28. Anagrams
29. Bibliography


  

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