Collocations withstar
These are words often used in combination withstar.
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background star
With high enough temporal resolution even the angular size of the background star can be determined.
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big star
It had no great big star in it, though there was a wonderful cast.
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bright star
This is the bright star shining in that darkness.
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bronze star
There he was the recipient of two purple hearts, a bronze star, and a letter of recommendation from the president.
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distant star
In microlensing events, a distant star is temporarily brightened as a result of gravitational focusing by a closer star passing between the observer and the distant star.
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dying star
The massive explosion produces shock waves that compress the gas surrounding the dying star.
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established star
While he still earned victories against enhancement talent, he was usually on the losing end against established stars.
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famous star
I believe that one famous star once, as a joke, asked for a million dollars—and got it, much to her surprise.
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five-pointed star
The upper part of the shield was decorated with a five-pointed star and the lower part with the hammer and sickle symbol.
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football star
He has had a glittering career both politically and academically and, perhaps more importantly, is a football star as well.
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giant star
The primary is a giant star with a stellar classification of.
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guest star
Price is credited as a guest star in all four series.
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host star
We show that close-in extrasolar planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars are synchronously rotating with their host star because of the tidal interaction.
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low-mass star
The current view of low-mass star formation holds that the starless and prestellar core phases together last a few 106 years.
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lucky star
He must have an exceptionally lucky star, because that debate was only six weeks ago.
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massive star
An explosion of this type happens in a massive star when it has come to the end of its life.
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nearby star
It would maneuver to a position along the line of sight between the telescope and a nearby star.
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opera star
She dreams of performing before him and becoming an opera star, but her singing is not good.
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pop star
However, in the young women screaming and swooning at the sight of their favourite pop star, we get the epitome of the jouissance of 'pop'.
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six-pointed star
Now let us consider another triangle, with each of its points between two points of the first triangle, giving us a six-pointed star.
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star athlete
He becomes the school's star athlete, excelling as a wrestler and the quarterback of the football team, but does not excel in the class room.
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star attraction
Wheat may be the star attraction to-day, and meat may be the favourite to-morrow.
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star billing
Due to the large number of actors given star billing, many minor players with speaking parts went uncredited in this episode.
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star chart
The score is based on a star chart, encouraging performers to have a different perception of the musical process.
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star formation
Then, an analytical solution to the dispersion equation with an explanation of the effects on star formation is given.
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supergiant star
Variations on the high mass model have always been popular, since the primary star is to all appearances a large supergiant star.
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track star
He was an all-state back in football, a starter on the 1930 state championship basketball team, and a track star.
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variable star
Variable star indicating success in everything.
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yellow star
The design is a blue field with a yellow star in the center.
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