What is the definition of starburst?

Definition of starburst
: something (such as a pattern) that resembles diverging rays of light starbursts of color.
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How do you use starburst in a sentence?

Starburst sentence example

When cut, Hillbilly tomatoes reveal a starburst pattern in it's meaty flesh. We chose to observe NGC 253, which at a distance of 10 million light years is the nearest starburst spiral galaxy.
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What's another name for Starburst?

Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a box-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, which today is a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, after Mars transferred the brand's production to it.
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What does Starlight mean?

Definition of starlight

: the light given by the stars.
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What is mean by ravished?

transitive verb. 1a : to seize and take away by violence. b : to overcome with emotion (such as joy or delight) ravished by the scenic beauty.
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What does it mean to ravish a woman?

To ravish is to take someone by force, to force someone to engage in sexual intercourse or to experience extreme happiness. When you kidnap a child by force, this is an example of ravish. When a girl is raped, this is an example of ravish.
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Is Ravishing a bad word?

The adjective ravishing describes something or someone of exceptional beauty. If you say the dress your friend picked for the prom is ravishing, you mean it's beautiful and she looks beautiful in it. The adjective ravishing comes from the verb ravish, which is from the Latin word rapere, meaning to seize.
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Is Starlight a color?

One of the new Apple Watch Series 7 aluminium colours is 'Starlight', a warm, champagne colour. 'Starlight' has replaced Apple's usual 'Silver' option, and is a mixture of silver and rose gold.
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Are stars light or starlight?

Starlight is the light emitted by stars. It typically refers to visible electromagnetic radiation from stars other than the Sun, observable from Earth at night, although a component of starlight is observable from Earth during daytime.
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Why do stars twinkle?

As light from a star races through our atmosphere, it bounces and bumps through the different layers, bending the light before you see it. Since the hot and cold layers of air keep moving, the bending of the light changes too, which causes the star's appearance to wobble or twinkle.
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What is the synonym of burst?

1 (verb) in the sense of explode. Synonyms. explode. blow up. break.
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What is the oldest light?

Now, astronomers using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), high in the Andes of northern Chile, have announced a new measurement of the cosmic background radiation, our universe's oldest light, discovered in 1965 and sometimes called an echo of the Big Bang.
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Is our sun a star?

Part of Hall of the Universe. Our Sun is an ordinary star, just one among hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. As the only star we can observe in detail, it provides a basis for our understanding of all stars. The Sun is composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium gas.
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Is Starlight a name?

The name “Starlight” is of unknown origin. It's a name commonly given to girls.
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What color is the apple?

Mainly red (over ¾ of apple), green or yellow background, sometimes vaguely striped.
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Is the iPhone 13 midnight black or blue?

The Midnight ‌iPhone 13‌ should not be confused with previous Black, Space Gray, or Graphite devices and is a new color. Midnight replaces Black as the lineup's darkest color option, but differs from Black since it has a slight hint of navy blue.
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What color is apple juice?

Apple Juice: Translucent, yellow color that's free of any apple solids. It tends to be sweeter in taste.
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What is the longest word for beautiful?

Pulchritudinous is an adjective that means physically beautiful or attractive.
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What can I say instead of handsome?

handsome
  • good-looking, nice-looking, attractive, personable, striking, stunning, fine, well proportioned, well formed.
  • informal hunky, dishy, hot, gorgeous, drop-dead gorgeous, tasty, fanciable, knockout.
  • British informal fit.
  • North American informal cute.
  • Australian, New Zealand informal spunky.
  • rare sightly.
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What's a better word for beautiful?

admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enthralling, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fetching, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, inviting ...
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What does it mean if someone wants to ravage you?

The verb ravage means to ruin, devastate, or destroy. The noun ravage (often in the plural) means serious damage or destruction. The verb ravish means to seize, rape, carry away by force, or overwhelm with emotion.
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What does it mean to enrapture someone?

transitive verb. : to fill with delight.
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What does you look ravaging mean?

Ravenous is commonly used with the meaning “very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification,” and ravishing means “unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking.” If you find yourself hungry and standing in front of a spectacular-looking meal you would say (of the food) “that looks ravishing,” and (of ...
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Will the sun ever burn out?

Astronomers estimate that the sun has about 7 billion to 8 billion years left before it sputters out and dies. One way or another, humanity may well be long gone by then.
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How old is the world?

Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years. Scientists have scoured the Earth searching for the oldest rocks to radiometrically date.
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