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starfield

starfield noun: a starry backdrop.

Noun

starfield (plural starfields)

  1. A starry backdrop.
    • This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor.1996, Celestine A Ntuen, Eui H Park, Human Interaction with Complex Systems
    • a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies2006, Alex Michael, Animating with Flash 8

Forms of starfield

pluralstarfields

Origin of starfield

From star + field.

Questions about starfield

What does starfield mean?
Starfield means a starry backdrop.
What part of speech is starfield?
Starfield is a noun.
What is the plural of starfield?
The plural of starfield is starfields.

Words near starfield in the dictionary

  1. starfall
  2. starfalls
  3. starfarer
  4. starfarers
  5. starfaring
  6. starfield
  7. starfields
  8. starfighter
  9. starfighters
  10. starfilled
  11. starfinch

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