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starshade

starshade noun: a form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets.

Noun

starshade (plural starshades)

  1. A form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets

Forms of starshade

pluralstarshades

Origin of starshade

From star + shade.

Questions about starshade

What does starshade mean?
Starshade means a form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets.
What part of speech is starshade?
Starshade is a noun.
What is the plural of starshade?
The plural of starshade is starshades.

Words near starshade in the dictionary

  1. starscapes
  2. starseed
  3. starseeds
  4. starset
  5. starsets
  6. starshade
  7. starshades
  8. starshaped
  9. starshell
  10. starshells
  11. starshina

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