Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

star cluster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
star -clus-ter
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

Frequently Paired Words

star cloud field star stellar association moving group stellar stream

Synonyms

cluster of stars Cl* Cl

Questions

What does star cluster mean?
A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.

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