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ˈstɛl ɪt, -eɪtstel·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. radial, stellate, radiateadjective

    arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

    "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"

Wiktionary

  1. stellateadjective

    Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.

  2. Etymology: From stellatus, from stella.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stellateadjective

    Pointed in the manner of a painted star.

    Etymology: stellatus, Latin.

    One making a regulus of antimony, without iron, found his regulus adorned with a more conspicuous star than I have seen in several stellate regulus’s of antimony and mars. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. stellate

    Stellate generally refers to something that is arranged or shaped like a star, with a center point radiating outward. This term is often used in biological and medical contexts to describe formations or structures in animals, plants, or cells.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stellateadjective

    alt. of Stellated

Entomology

  1. Stellate

    star-shaped; with four or five radiating lines.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stellate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stellate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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