stellar

UK/ˈstɛl.ə/US/ˈstɛl.əɹ/

adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,118 of 15,258leans written

Stellar means to do with the stars, or outstandingly good. Stellar evolution, a stellar performance, stellar reviews.

The praise sense is the commoner in ordinary speech and is worn thin by overuse. In astronomy it is plain description, where stellar evolution is the life cycle of a star from formation to collapse.

Definitions of stellar

1adjectivestellarTo do with the stars, or outstandingly good.C1
“She gave a stellar performance and won the award for best actress.”

stellar is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin
stēllāris
English, today
stellar

Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

stellar in the wild

Scientists have greater access to the solar corona than they do to other stellar coronae, since it is inside our solar system.
Stellar corona
Stellar evolution is not studied by observing the life of a single star, as most stellar changes occur too slowly to be detected, even over many centuries.
Stellar evolution
In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.
Stellar classification
Most stars do not form in isolation but as part of a group of stars referred to as star clusters or stellar associations.
Star formation
A stellar wind is a flow of gas ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star.
Stellar wind

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