stellate

1. not comparableShaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.

   stellate cells

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   stellate flowers

   Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).

   1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92

   Synonyms: stellated, stelliform

plural stellates

1. abbreviationellipsisbiologyEllipsis of stellate cell.

present singular third person stellates · participle present stellating · participle past stellated · past stellated

1. geometryTo extend the edges or planes of a polyhedron to form a new shape.