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As a noun terms

is .

As a verb starbursts is

(starburst).

terms

English

Noun

(head)
  • Statistics

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    starbursts

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (starburst)

  • starburst

    Noun

    (s)
  • A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
  • *2002 : Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
  • *:... his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black ...
  • *2003 : Tim Cockey, Murder in the Hearse Degree: A Novel
  • *:A starburst of red exploded on his chest and he flew backward a good six or seven feet .
  • *2004 : Elizabeth George, Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
  • *:... and another that creates a cicatrix starburst from her right eye to her temple. This scar is the result of an accident when she was ten years old, ...
  • (typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: .
  • (astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
  • (astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
  • :the Milky Way will see a starburst in approximately 200 000 000 years
  • See also

    *starburst galaxy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.