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starfield en · NOUN

Etymology

From star + field.

Meanings

1. A starry backdrop.
   • a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies 2006, Alex Michael, Animating with Flash 8:
   • A practiced eye can detect the effects of advanced civilizations on a starfield, as technologies harness and affect the raw radiation emitted by so many stars. 2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 4, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 65:
   • This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor. 1996, Celestine A Ntuen, Eui H Park, Human Interaction with Complex Systems:

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