Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 19 compound words that contain stellar. The most common are listed below. Open stellar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- stellar windThe equivalent of solar wind associated with a star not restricted to being the Sun.
- stellar nurseryAn area of outer space within a dense nebula in which gas and dust are contracting, resulting in the formation of new stars.
- stellar dayThe rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates exactly 360 degrees around its axis, measured relative to the stars.
- less-than-stellarMediocre; not satisfactory; not very good, poor; not meeting standards or expectations.
- stellar diskthe flat part of a spiral galaxy around the central bulge
- stellar engineAny of various hypothetical megastructures that could control the motion of a star system.
- stellar enginesplural of stellar engine: Any of various hypothetical megastructures that could control the motion of a star system.
- stellar novaSynonym of nova: Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- stellar systemSynonym of star system: A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.
- stellar systemsplural of stellar system: A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.
- stellar windsplural of stellar wind: The equivalent of solar wind associated with a star not restricted to being the Sun.
- stellar nurseriesplural of stellar nursery: An area of outer space within a dense nebula in which gas and dust are contracting, resulting in the formation of new stars.
- stellar black holeA black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.
- stellar black holesplural of stellar black hole: A black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.
- stellar novaeplural of stellar nova: Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- stellar mass black holeSynonym of stellar black hole: A black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.
- stellar mass black holesplural of stellar mass black hole: A black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.
- stellar novasplural of stellar nova: Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
- quasi-stellar objecta quasar
- quasi-stellar objectsplural of quasi-stellar object: a quasar
- pre-stellarAlternative form of prestellar: Describing the matter and conditions involved in the formation of a star
- stellar daysplural of stellar day: The rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates exactly 360 degrees around its axis, measured relative to the stars.
- stellar disksplural of stellar disk: the flat part of a spiral galaxy around the central bulge
- stellar monthSynonym of sidereal month: The time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star: 27.3217 days.
- stellar monthsplural of stellar month: The time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star: 27.3217 days.
Compound words 19
- quasarAn extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.
- stellaratorA magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion
- protostellarOf or pertaining to a protostar.
- bistellarInvolving two stars.
- panstellarAcross the stars; throughout all star systems.
- nonstellarNot stellar.
- prestellarDescribing the matter and conditions involved in the formation of a star
- transstellarAcross or between the stars.
- epistellarOf a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star
- quasistellarSimilar to a star.