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Definition: Stellate |
StellateAdjective1. Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stellate" was first used: 1500. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Star shaped. (references) |
Mining | Said of an aggregate of crystals in a starlike arrangement; e.g.,wavellite. (references) |
Science | Star-shaped. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: StellateSynonym: radial (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stellate |
| English words defined with "stellate": Actinula, astroglia ♦ Hugueninia tanacetifolia ♦ macroglia ♦ radial ♦ Sisymbrium tanacetifolia, Starnose, Stellated, Stellion, Stellulate ♦ tansy-leaved rocket. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stellate": feather amphibolite ♦ Ganglia, Sympathetic. (references) |
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| "Stellate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stellate" is used about 6 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) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stellate": stellate cell ♦ Stellate Ganglion ♦ stellate venule. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
block ganglion stellate | 20 |
stellate ganglion | 5 |
stellate | 5 |
iris picture stellate | 3 |
block ganglion nerve stellate | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stellate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | yjor (astral, sidereal, stellar, stellated, stellular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كوكبي (astral, planetary), من الطراز الأول (classic, classical, excellently, first rate, rattling, tiptop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stjerneformet, stellatus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stercel (stellate cell), naadcataract (stellate cataract, sutural cataract), gladde haai (grey mouthed dog, starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound, stellate smouth-hound), gevlekte gladde haai (grey mouthed dog, starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound, stellate smouth-hound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | silohai-laji (gummy shark, starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound), tähtisolu (stellate cell), tähtimäinen solu (stellate cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stellaire (stellar), parsemé d'étoiles (starry), étoilé (starlit, starry, star-studded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stellatus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστεροειδήσ (asteroid, starlike, starred, stelliform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | palombo stellato (grey mouthed dog, starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound, stellate smouth-hound), palombo (grey mouthed dog, starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound, stellate smouth-hound), cellula stellata (stellate cell), cataratta suturale (stellate cataract, sutural cataract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellatestay semelhante a uma estrela (stellated), estrelado (starlit, starred, starry, stellated, stellular). (various references) stelat (stellated). (various references) расходящийся лучами в виде звезды (stellated), звездообразный (asteroidal, starlike, star-type, stellated, stellular). (various references) estrellado (radial, shattered, starred, starry, stellated). (various references) nordlig hundhaj (starry smooth-hound, stellate smooth-hound), korncell (stellate cell). (various references) yıldız şeklinde (stellated). (various references) зіркоподібний (asteroid, radial, star, stellar, stellated, stellular). (various references) xoè ra như hình sao (stellated), hình sao (asteroid, stellated, stelliform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stellatus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "stellate": constellate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stellate": castellated, constellated, constellates. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-l-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tallest. | |
-2 letters: allees, elates, estate, latest, lattes, sallet, settle, stelae, stella, teasel, testae. | |
-3 letters: allee, easel, elate, latte, lease, least, leets, selle, setae, setal, slate, sleet, stale, stall, state, steal, steel, stela, stele, taels, tales, taste, tates, teals, tease, teats, teels, telae, teles, tells, tesla, testa. | |
-4 letters: alee, ales, alls, alts, ates, ease, east. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-l-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: allottees, pallettes, platelets, satellite, telltales. | |
+2 letters: paillettes, satellites, scutellate, settleable, talentless, tessellate. | |
+3 letters: allegrettos, alliterates, castellated, cellarettes, constellate, illiterates, lethalities, scutellated, tastelessly, tattletales, tessellated, tessellates, tetherballs. | |
+4 letters: aiguillettes, battlefields, constellated, constellates, cytoskeletal, flannelettes, gratefullest, interstellar, literalities, pestilential, subsatellite, tagliatelles, teetotallers, tessellating, tessellation. | |
+5 letters: aesthetically, andouillettes, antisatellite, electroplates, enthrallments, existentially, forestallment, intellectuals, interpellates, intertillages, meltabilities, sentimentally, subsatellites, televangelist, terrestrially, tessellations. | |
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