stellar evolution

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noun

astronomy the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages

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Words nearby stellar evolution

stella, Stella Polaris, stellar, stellar association, stellarator, stellar evolution, stellar wind, stellate, stellate abscess, stellate block, stellate cell

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How to use stellar evolution in a sentence

Human evolution has left men as deeply wired for emotional connections to children as women are.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This view is known as “theistic evolution” and is widely embraced by educated evangelicals.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
Yep, Korra and Asami Went in the Spirit Portal and Probably Kissed|Melissa Leon|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The traditional wisdom is “action is character,” and their evolution is one, with a slight edge to character.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The evolution of style is oft studied but rarely understood in any comprehensive manner.
100 Years of Beauty Styles in 1 Minute|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The evolution theory alleges that they were evolved, slowly, by natural processes out of previously existing matter.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
To fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The biological doctrine of evolution was misinterpreted and misapplied to social policy.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
In the flowers, both by day and night, there is a constant absorption of oxygen, and evolution of carbonic acid.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
That at some period of Man's gradual evolution from the brute, God found Man guilty of some sin, and cursed him.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford