Bistellar
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Involving two stars. not-comparable
"The so-called nebula in virgo—a bistellar planetary system in the retrogressive course of envelopment"
- 2 Involving the triangulation of a surface such that each vertex is incident to at most two stars. not-comparable
"Being a particular case of a stellar exchange, a bistellar operation is topology-preserving and Β⁻¹_((σ,τ)) = Β⁻¹_((τ,σ))."
- 3 Having two leaders or headliners. figuratively, not-comparable
"Brown became overlord of much domestic policy in what Hennessy described as 'a bistellar administration with policy constellations revolving around the two stars'."
Example
More examples"The so-called nebula in virgo—a bistellar planetary system in the retrogressive course of envelopment"
Etymology
From bi- + stellar.
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