star

Translation

Expressions Top

Definition Top

1. (abbreviation) (aviation) Standard Terminal Arrival Route
2. (anagram) rats
3. Greymouth Evening Star, evening: major daily newspaper in New Zealand
4. stars: self-illuminating gaseous celestial body, celestial body which is seen on Earth as a small light in the nighttime sky (Astronomy); celebrity (especially an actor or athlete); design with five or six points
5. stars, starred, starring: play a leading role in a film (or play, television program, etc.)
6. Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI, war, initiative, initiatives: also called Star Wars; Proposed United States strategic defense system against nuclear attacks. Announced as a 20-year, $20 billion effort by Pres. Ronald Reagan in 1983, SDI was intended to defend the United States from a full-fledged Soviet attack by intercepting ICBMs in flight. The interception was to be effected by technology not yet developed, including space-and ground-based laser stations and air-and ground-based missiles. The space component of SDI led to its being derisively dubbed "Star Wars" after the popular film. Though the program was roundly criticized by opposition politicians and arms-control advocates as unworkable and as a dangerous violation of the Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972, Congress granted initial funding for it. Early development efforts were largely unsuccessful and with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the concept lost urgency. During the Bush and Clinton administrations, ballistic missile defense was scaled back to focus on protecting the United States from limited attack by a "rogue" state or a single accidentally launched missile. In 2002 the United States withdrew from the ABM treaty to begin active testing of a limited antimissile program.
7. stars, starred, starring: Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars; only a very small fraction are visible to the unaided eye. The closest star is about 4.2 light-years from the Sun; the most distant are in galaxies billions of light-years away. Single stars such as the Sun are the minority; most stars occur in pairs, multiple systems, or clusters. Constellations consist not of such groupings but of stars in the same direction as seen from Earth. Stars vary greatly in brightness (magnitude), colour, temperature, mass, size, chemical composition and age. In nearly all, hydrogen is the most abundant element. Stars are classified by their spectra, from blue-white to red, as O, B, A, F, G, K, or M; the Sun is a spectral type G star. Generalizations on the nature and evolution of stars can be made from correlations between certain properties and from statistical results. A star forms when a portion of a dense interstellar cloud of hydrogen and dust grains collapses from its own gravity. As the cloud condenses, its density and internal temperature increase until it is hot enough to trigger nuclear fusion in its core (if not, it becomes a brown dwarf). After hydrogen is exhausted in the core from nuclear burning, the core shrinks and heats up while the star's outer layers expand significantly and cool and the star becomes a red giant. The final stages of a star's evolution, when it no longer produces enough energy to counteract its own gravity, depend largely on its mass and whether it is a component of a close binary system. Some stars other than the Sun are known to have one or more planets.
8. stars, starred, starring: falling star
9. stars, starred, starring: shooting star
10. stars, starred, starring: North Star
11. stars, starred, starring: pulsating radio star
12. stars, starred, starring: Dog Star
13. stars, starred, starring: sea star
14. stars, starred, starring: Barnard's star
15. stars, starred, starring: binary star
More
stars, starred, starring: David Star of
stars, starred, starring: dwarf star
stars, starred, starring: eclipsing variable star
stars, starred, starring: feather star
stars, starred, starring: flare star
stars, starred, starring: giant star
stars, starred, starring: neutron star
stars, starred, starring: Star Chamber
stars, starred, starring: Star Wars
stars, starred, starring: supergiant star
stars, starred, starring: T Tauri star
stars, starred, starring: Toronto Star The
stars, starred, starring: variable star
stars, starred, starring: white dwarf star
stars, starred, starring: planets of other stars
stars, starred, starring: Stars and Stripes The;
More
any massive, self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated within its interior. The universe contains trillions of stars, only a very small percentage of which are visible to the unaided eye. The closest star to the solar system is Proxima Centauri, which is approximately 4.3 light-years from the Sun. The most distant stars lie in galaxies billions of light-years away. Stars may occur singly, as in the case of the Sun. More commonly, however, they exist in pairs, multiple systems with several members or clusters consisting of numerous components. Furthermore, stars vary greatly in brightness, colour, temperature, mass, size, chemical composition and age. any massive, self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. Of the trillions of stars comprising the universe, only a very small percentage are visible to the naked eye. Many stars occur in pairs, multiple systems and clusters. The members of such stellar groups are physically related through common origin and are bound by mutual gravitational attraction. Somewhat related to star clusters are stellar associations, which consist of loose groups of physically similar stars that have insufficient mass as a group to remain together as an organization. This article describes the properties and evolution of individual stars. Included in the discussion are the sizes, energetics, temperatures, masses and chemical compositions of stars, as well as their distances and motions. The myriad other stars are compared to the Sun, strongly implying that our star is in no way special. Additional reading George O. Abell, Exploration of the Universe, 5th ed (1987), a good introductory account of the properties of stars; Lawrence H. Aller, Atoms, Stars and Nebulae, rev. ed (1971), a semipopular work emphasizing analyses of starlight, stellar spectroscopy and evolution, Astrophysics: The Atmospheres of the Sun and Stars, 2nd ed (1963) and Astrophysics: Nuclear Transformations, Stellar Interiors and Nebulae (1954), textbooks intended for senior students, treating ordinary stellar atmospheres, the Sun, variable stars including novas and stars with extended envelopes; Martin Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of the Stars (1958, reissued 1965), one of the classic books on the subject, written before the widespread application of modern computers (moderately advanced level); Iosif S. Shklovskii, Stars: Their Birth, Life and Death (1978; originally published in Russian, 1975), an examination of the achievements of 20th-century astrophysics in the area of star formation and evolution; Rudolf Kippenhahn, 100 Billion Suns: The Birth, Life and Death of the Stars (1983; originally published in German, 1980), a readable account of stellar evolution; Donald A. Cooke, The Life & Death of Stars (1985), with excellent illustrations; Paul Murdin and Lesley Murdin, Supernovae, rev. ed (1978), an excellent nontechnical history and Albrecht Unsld and Bodo Baschek, The New Cosmos, 3rd rev and enl. ed (1983; originally published in German, 3rd rev. ed., 1983), a solid, somewhat technical introduction. Kenneth R. Lang and Owen Gingerich, A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19001975 (1979), provides a collection of seminal papers in the field, including much on stellar atmospheres, spectra, evolution and distribution and variable stars. International reports of research in astronomical and astrophysical sciences, some technical, can be found in the following periodicals: Astronomical Journal (monthly) and Astrophysical Journal (semimonthly), both published by the American Astronomical Society; Astronomy and Astrophysics: A European Journal (semimonthly); Astrophysics (quarterly), trans. from Russian and Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics (quarterly), trans. from Chinese. For less technical articles, see Astronomy (monthly); American Association of Variable Star Observers, Journal (semiannual); Royal Astronomical Society, Quarterly Journal and Sky and Telescope (monthly). Lawrence Hugh Aller Eric J. Chaisson
(adj) (before noun; not gradable) star quality (figurative) Natalie is, without a doubt, the star (= very best) student in this year's ballet class. (figurative) This afternoon the prosecution will call its star (= most important) witness. (before noun) A star turn is either the main performer in a film, play or other show, or an extremely good performance by someone.
Self Defining Text Archival
Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation group (CMDL)
Advanced telecommunications for the industrially less advanced regions of the EC
Stability Wind Rose. State Acid Rain Projects
(Airport Acronym) Standard Terminal Arrival Route
(gambling) Rating
Special Telecommunication Action for Regional Development
Standard Terminal Arrival Route
A celestial object which shines through the release ofenergy created by nuclear fusion in its core. A star can also be the hot stellar remnant left following cessation of fusion processes. Stars are classified according to spectral type and placed into luminosity classes. Half of them are in either binary star systems or multiple star systems. Some are variable stars and change their size and luminosity. Stars which do not accrete enough matter to begin fusion are called brown dwarfs. Remnants of dead stars are white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. Stars assemble into collections known as galaxies.
Shareware Trade Association And Resources
Self Test Automatic Readout tester (Ford)