Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In astronomy: A system composed of a multitude of stars apparently set off by themselves from the rest of the stellar universe.
  • noun A binary or multiple star.

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Examples

  • Might i suggest the star-system as it is applied by local newspaper movie critics everywhere?

    the-forest Diary Entry the-forest 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Sensing that it would be best to move on rather than let the crew dwell too long on the images of carnage from Erilon, he reactivated the Jinoteur star-system map on the monitor.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • It was after that meeting that the number of "mikes," which is the magazine's star-system for rating bands, was increased on the Made Men review from three and a half to four and a half.

    New York's Deborah Mitchell Jumps to Ed Kosner's Sunday Daily News 1999

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