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# stellar

adjective (stellar)

«stellar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stellar means about stars in space: stellar light, stellar systems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#m1)
2. (informal) Stellar means excellent, brilliant, outstanding: a stellar performance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it appears with stars, the Sun, galaxies and the life cycle of stars ("stellar evolution"). In everyday talk, sport and news it is praise. Phrases: "stellar performance", "stellar career", "stellar wind", "stellar nursery" (a cloud where new stars form).

### Examples

- Our Sun is a stellar object, just one star among billions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x1)
- Astronomers study stellar explosions called supernovae. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x2)
- The Orion Nebula is a stellar nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x3)
- She gave a stellar performance in the school play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x4)
- The goalkeeper had a stellar season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x5)
- Your homework is stellar; well done! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x6)
- Stellar winds blow particles out from stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/#x7)

### Note

No comparative. From Latin "stella" (star). "Interstellar" means between the stars. In praise, "stellar" is informal but polite.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stellar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stellar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stellar.html) on Mova free.