starlike en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English starlike From star + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a star.
For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern.
2007 September 16, Lawrence K. Altman, “4 Winners of Lasker Medical Prize”, in New York Times:Pluto's starlike appearance in the telescope was an early clue that it was not the large Planet X astronomers had hoped for.
- Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.
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Convex; having the property that any line segment joining any mapped point to a specified point in the domain lies entirely in the domain.
the growth theorem for holomorphic starlike mappings
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more starlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most starlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |