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star system

noun

  1. the practice of casting and promoting star performers for their ability to draw at the box office.


star system

noun

  1. astronomy a group of celestial bodies that are associated as a result of natural laws
  2. the practice of casting one or two famous actors or actresses in a film, play, etc, so that their popularity ensures its success
  3. a design for laying cables for cable television in which each house is fed by an individual cable from a local central distribution point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of star system1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Some of it will form a cloud around the binary star system.

Their study of an unusual binary star system has resulted in convincing evidence that massive stars can completely collapse and become black holes without a supernova explosion.

The researchers have analysed the observational data for a range of signs that would be expected from a star system having undergone a supernova-explosion in the past.

She expects that the star system will be important for studying stellar evolution and collapse.

Similarly, the symmetry of a star system's orbit usually show signs that it has felt the impact of a violent supernova explosion, because of the ejection of matter that happens.

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