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Definition of Stellated
1. Adjective. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, having its edges of planes extended to form a new shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stellated
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stellated
Literary usage of Stellated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reproductive Process: Its Histology, Physiology, and Pathology by Giovanni Battista Ercolani (1884)
"Calcareous concretions are found generally upon the uterine surface, either
stellated or needle-shaped. Depaul remarked that when they are numerous and ..."
2. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"Reticulated ; when the fibres, or columns, cross in various directions, and
produce an appearance having some resemblance to a net. ¿stellated ..."
3. An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy: Comprising Some by William Phillips (1823)
"... bot when the divergence surrounds the centre, they are said to be radiated,
or stellated. § 73. The term slaty as it regards structure, ..."
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