stellar
pronunciation
How to pronounce stellar in British English:
UK [ˈstelə(r)]
How to pronounce stellar in American English:
US [ˈstelər]
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- Adjective:
- indicating the most important performer or role
- being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
Word Origin
- stellar (adj.)
- 1650s, "pertaining to stars, star-like," from Late Latin stellaris "pertaining to a star, starry," from stella "star" (see star (n.)). Meaning "outstanding, leading" (1883) is from the theatrical sense of star.
Example
- 1. Did chinese banks reallyhave such a stellar year in 2010 ?
- 2. The stellar halo is debris that surrounds our familiar white swirl of stars .
- 3. And for each of the past seven years now , china 's stellar economic growth has been slowing , risking unmanageable dissatisfaction amongst the people .
- 4. Instead of fusion taking place in the stellar core , it fizzles towards the surface .
- 5. Scientists believe the stars in the image are part of a stellar cluster in which a supernova exploded .