stellate

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (starry), from stēlla (star) + -ātus (-ate, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stella + -ate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

stellate (not comparable)

  1. 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, second edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:
      Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).

Derived terms

Noun

stellate (plural stellates)

  1. (cytology) Ellipsis of stellate cell..

Verb

stellate (third-person singular simple present stellates, present participle stellating, simple past and past participle stellated)

  1. (geometry) To extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.

Derived terms

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Italian

Adjective

stellate

  1. feminine plural of stellato

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /steːlˈlaː.te/, [s̠t̪eːlˈlʲäːt̪ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stelˈla.te/, [st̪elˈläːt̪e]

Adjective

stēllāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus

Participle

stēllāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of stēllātus
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