Starburst most often refers to:
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Starburst region
A starburst is an astrophysical process that involves star formation occurring at a rate that is large compared to the rate that is typically observed. This starburst activity will consume the available interstellar gas supply over a timespan that ...
, a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation
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Starburst galaxy
A starburst galaxy is one undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies. For example, the star formatio ...
, a galaxy with an exceptionally high rate of star formation
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Starburst (candy)
Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a box-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, which today is a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated. Starburst has many different varieties, suc ...
, a brand of fruit-flavored candy
Starburst may also refer to:
Culture
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Starburst (''Farscape''), a means of faster-than-light propulsion in the television series ''Farscape''
Publications
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''Starburst'' (magazine), a British science fiction-related magazine, first published in 1977
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''Starburst'' (Alfred Bester), a collection of short stories by science-fiction author Alfred Bester, 1958
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''Starburst'' (Frederik Pohl), a science-fiction novel by Frederik Pohl, written as an expansion of his novella ''
The Gold at the Starbow's End
"The Gold at the Starbow's End" is a science fiction novella by American writer Frederik Pohl. Originally published in the March 1972 issue of '' Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact'', it was nominated for both the 1973 Hugo Award for Best N ...
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Other uses
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Starburst (business), or corporate spin-off, the breaking up of a large company
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Starburst (symbol)
A starburst is graphic design or typographical element that resembles diverging rays of light, or consists of a star-like image with rays emanating from it. In Unicode, the starburst character ("sixteen pointed asterisk") is U+273A.
The term can a ...
, a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it
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Starburst (missile)
Starburst is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile produced by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast (since 2002 known as Thales Air Defence). It was used by the British Army (as Javelin S15), Malaysian Armed Forces, and in the Canadian Army a ...
, a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)
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Fourteen-segment display
A fourteen-segment display (FSD) (sometimes referred to as a starburst display or Union Jack display) is a type of display based on 14 segments that can be turned on or off to produce letters and numerals. It is an expansion of the more com ...
or Starburst display, an alphanumeric display configuration
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StarBurst
MicroPro International Corporation was an American software company founded in 1978 in San Rafael, California. They are best known as the publisher of WordStar, a popular early word processor for personal computers.
History Founding and early su ...
, an office suite of the early 1980s
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Clerodendrum quadriloculare'', a tropical flowering plant that is also called a starburst
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Cross screen filter or Starburst filter, a type of lens filter that creates patterns of lines to radiate from bright points
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Diffraction spike
Diffraction spikes are lines radiating from bright light sources, causing what is known as the starburst effect or sunstars in photographs and in vision. They are artifacts caused by light diffracting around the support vanes of the secondary m ...
, or a line radiating from a bright light source that can occur in a photograph or vision.
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Starburst amacrine cell Starburst amacrine cells are a type of amacrine cells found in the retina. These interneurons are notable for co-releasing acetylcholine
Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic chemical that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals (i ...
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Starburst anemone
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