starlike

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   resembling a star in shape, brightness, remoteness, or appearance

   Her pale, starlike face was visible beneath the night sky.

2. 2
   adj

   resembling or having the qualities of a celebrated performer

   The young actor already had a starlike presence on stage.

3. 3
   adj

   mathematics: having every point connectable to one fixed point by a line segment lying entirely within the set

   The theorem applies when the mapped domain is starlike with respect to the origin.

Formed from star + -like. The central sense is visual resemblance; later uses extend the comparison to a performer's celebrity and to star-shaped sets in mathematics.

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