stellate
English
Alternative forms
- stellated (adjective)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (“starry”), from stēlla (“star”) + -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stella + -ate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛl.eɪt/, /ˈstɛl.ət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛlˌeɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɛleɪt, -ɛlət
Adjective
stellate (not comparable)
- Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.
- stellate cells
- stellate flowers
- 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:
- Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).
Verb
stellate (third-person singular simple present stellates, present participle stellating, simple past and past participle stellated)
- (geometry) To extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.
Derived terms
References
- “stellate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “stellate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /steːlˈlaː.te/, [s̠t̪eːlˈlʲäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stelˈla.te/, [st̪elˈläːt̪e]
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