stellate
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˈstɛleɪt/
- Specialized
:
estrellado
- The building's stellate design allows for maximum sunlight to enter each room.
- stellate cells
Examples
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In the center of the silver, stellate plate was a crystal the size of a large egg, which was almost certainly the one missing from the sanctuary window.
Fiction book (1992) -
Scattered nuclei have both blunted and stellate forms.
Academic text (2001) -
And notice that these are most all stellate in shape.
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The connective tissue is made up of fibroblastic or stellate cells.
Academic text (2006) -
Both groups include some stellate cells, but especially the cells using GABA, the inhibitory interneurons.
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While most of this development occurs prenatally in humans, there is some evidence that some basket and stellate cells are generated after birth (Bayer et al., 1993).
Academic text (2016) -
B: Higher magnification view shows the admixture of mature fat cells and stellate cells on a myxoid background (H&E; original magnification x200).
Academic text (2005) -
Unchecked, this sensitizes the pancreas to further injurious events leading to stellate cell stimulation, progressive fibrosis, and parenchymal destruction.
Academic text (2017) -
Polyhedral cells are arranged in a loose structure similar to the stellate reticulum of the tooth germ (H&E; original magnification × 200).
Academic text (2003) -
The flowers in the garden have stellate petals that radiate outwards like a star.
Synonyms
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5.9
Having lines that spread out from a central point
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3.4
Having the shape of a star with points coming from the center
Having parts that spread out from a central point like rays
Having lines that spread out from the middle like the sun
Compounds
How Star-Shaped
Surface Forms
Morphology
stellate = stellar (semi-transparent) = stell + ate
The element 'stell-' means 'star' and the suffix '-ate' forms an adjective meaning 'star-shaped', but 'stell-' is a Latin combining form not a standalone modern English base, and the word is somewhat technical.
Etymology
Stellate comes from the Latin stella meaning 'star' and is like the common word stellar. So something stellate is shaped like a star or has rays that spread out from a center.