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starlike

[stahr-lahyk]

adjective

  1. of the shape of or like a star.

  2. shining like a star.

  3. Mathematics.,  Also (of a set with respect to a point) having the property that the line segment connecting a given point and any other point in a region lies completely within the region.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of starlike1

First recorded in 1585–95; star + -like
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Example Sentences

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“What you will see, if it all works out, is a starlike head to a comet with a long, wispy glowing tail, arcing up into the sky,” Goss said.

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In addition to glossy, sometimes multicolored leaves, hoyas produce waxy starlike blooms.

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The study begins to probe a bigger evolutionary question: How did the sea star and its equally-strange echinoderm siblings develop their unique starlike symmetry?

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Hence the name “quasar,” an abbreviation that recognized their starlike properties, and stands for quasi-stellar radio source.

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The placement of starlike patterns embedded in the arched ceilings, for example, required countless complicated calculations — by human brains, not machines.

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