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STARLIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The light of the stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("starlight" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Context examples:
As WASP-19b passes in front of its parent star, some of the starlight passes through the planet’s atmosphere and leaves subtle fingerprints in the light that eventually reaches Earth.
(Inferno World with Titanium Skies, ESO)
Transiting planets block a tiny fraction of starlight that produces miniscule dips in the brightness of their host star.
(Light From An Ultra-Cool Neighbor, NASA)
Without the titanium oxide gas to absorb incoming starlight on the daytime side, the atmospheric temperature grows colder with increasing altitude.
(Hubble Observes Exoplanet that Snows Sunscreen, NASA)
The pressure of starlight from the star, which is 23 times more luminous than the Sun, then expelled the dust far into space.
(Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A, NASA)
Scientists think this emission arises when accelerated electrons and positrons collide with nearby starlight.
(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)
Brown dwarfs start their lives like stars, as collapsing balls of gas, but they lack the mass to burn nuclear fuel and radiate starlight.
(A cold, close neighbor of the Sun, NASA)
It was a starlight night, and I could see the bulk of him dimly as he moved about.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Kepler measurements of starlight infer the spin rate of a star by picking up small changes in its brightness.
(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)
Her eyes wandered along the strong throat, dimly seen in the starlight, and over the firm-poised head, and the old desire to lay her hands upon his neck came back to her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This is likely the result of intense starlight breaking up atmospheric molecules and eroding away the atmospheres of some planets over time, leaving behind two populations.
(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)
