star A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...

is a luminous astronomical object. Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:

Shapes and symbols

* Star (polygon), a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially * Star (glyph), a typographical symbol *

Star (heraldry) In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced. While there has been much confusion between the two due to their similar shape, a star with ...

, star-like shapes used in heraldry *

Star (classification) Star classification is a type of rating scale utilizing a star glyph or similar typographical symbol. It is used by reviewers for ranking things such as films, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. For example, a system of one to five stars is ...

, a rating system for hotels, movies, or other products *

Star (sport badge) In sport, some national and club teams include one or more stars as part of (or beside) the team badge (often referred to as a "crest") appearing on their kits, often on the shirts, to represent important achievements for the team's history. Ge ...

, on a team uniform, representing titles won

Arts and entertainment

Star (person) Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports ...

or celebrity ** Movie star, a person famous for performing in films

Fictional entities

* Patrick Star, a character in the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' *

S.T.A.R. Labs Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories (S.T.A.R. Labs) is a fictional scientific research facility and organization appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It first appeared in ''Superman'' #246 (December 1 ...

, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe *

Star (Marvel Comics) Sabra Sabreclaw Sabreclaw is a character in the MC2 universe who first appeared in '' J2'' #8 (May 1999). He is the half-brother of Wild Thing and the son of Wolverine. The character has claws (similar to Sabretooth), a healing factor, enh ...

, the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics * Star, a star-shaped puppet in ''

The Good Night Show ''The Good Night Show'' is a defunct television programming block for preschoolers, which aired on the Sprout channel (previously known as PBS Kids Sprout). It was designed to help preschoolers get ready for bedtime. The block featured recu ...

'' and its animated spin-off '' Nina's World'' * Star, a character in the game ''

Yie Ar Kung-Fu () is an arcade fighting game developed by Konami. It first had a limited Japanese release in October 1984, before having a wide release nationwide in January 1985 and then internationally in March 1985. Along with ''Karate Champ'' (1984), which ...

'' * Star Butterfly, a character in the Disney animated series ''

Star vs. the Forces of Evil ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' is an American animated magical girl television series created by Daron Nefcy and developed by Jordana Arkin and Dave Wasson, which aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD. It is the first Disney XD series created b ...

Films

* ''The Star'' (1952 film), an American film * ''The Star'' (1953 film), a Russian film * ''Star!'' (film), a 1968 American musical * ''Star'' (1982 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''

Danielle Steel's Star ''Danielle Steel's Star'' is a 1993 American made-for-television film starring Jennie Garth, Craig Bierko, Terry Farrell, Penny Fuller and Mitchell Ryan. This film is based on the 1989 novel ''Star'' by author Danielle Steel and is set in the 19 ...

'', a 1993 American television film * ''Star'' (2001 film), an Indian Tamil film * ''The Star'' (2002 film), a Russian remake of the 1953 film * ''Star'' (2014 film), a Russian comedy * ''Star'' (2015 film), a Canadian short drama film * ''The Star'' (2017 film), an American animated film

Gaming

* ''Star'' (board game) * '' *Star'', board game * Star, an item that grants invincibility in the ''

Super Mario (also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every m ...

'' franchise

Music

Albums

* ''Star'' (702 album) * ''Star'' (Belly album) * ''StAR'' (Jan Garbarek album) * ''Star'' (Milky album) * ''Star'' (Murk album) * ''Star'' (Mika Nakashima album) * ''Star'' (Super Junior album) * ''

Star/Boom Boom ''Star/Boom Boom'' is the second studio album by Pakistani pop duo Nazia and Zoheb (Nazia Hassan & Zohaib Hassan), released in 1982. The Bollywood film ''Star'' used the album's music as its soundtrack. The album was thus also released as ''Star'', ...

'', the soundtrack album to the 1982 film ''Star'' * ''The Star'' (album), by JO1

Songs

* "Star" (Bryan Adams song) * "Star" (Kevin Ayers song) * "Star" (Earth, Wind & Fire song) * "Star" (Erasure song) * "Star" (Extreme song) * "Star" (Loona song) * "Star" (Primal Scream song) * "Star" (Stealers Wheel song) * "Star" (Stellar song) * "Star", by Bazzi from ''

Cosmic Cosmic commonly refers to: * The cosmos, a concept of the universe Cosmic may also refer to: Media * ''Cosmic'' (album), an album by Bazzi * Afro/Cosmic music * "Cosmic", a song by Kylie Minogue from the album '' X'' * CosM.i.C, a member of ...

'' * "Star", by Biddu and Zohaib Hassan from ''

'' * "Star", by David Bowie from '' The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' * "Star", by Brotherhood of Man from '' Images'' * "Star", by

Stela Cole Hollyn Elizabeth Shadinger (born October 21, 1997), known professionally as Stela Cole is an American singer-songwriter. Her song “DIY” held the record for the most first week streams on American Song Contest where she reached the semi-finals ...

* "Star", by Estelle * "Star", by Kiki Dee * "Star", by Rebecca Ferguson from '' Superwoman'' * "Star", by Terri Walker from '' L.O.V.E'' * "Star", by The Crash from ''

Wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...

'' * "Star", by The Cult from '' The Cult'' * "Star", by Hellyeah from their eponymous album * "Star", by The Hollies from '' Write On'' * "Star", by Savoy from ''

Mountains of Time ''Mountains of Time'' is the third album released by the band Savoy. It is the only original Savoy studio album (apart from Mary is Coming) officially released outside of Scandinavia so far, but only in central and Western Europe. There was a lim ...

'' * "Star", by

Silverbullit Silverbullit is a Swedish rock band based in Göteborg. Formed in 1995 under the name "Silverbullet", which was changed after a conflict over the rights for the name. They are known under the name Citizen Bird in the US, and have toured under that ...

* "Star (*)", by Project 86 from ''

Drawing Black Lines ''Drawing Black Lines'' is the second studio album by the American band Project 86. The success of their debut, especially the song "Pipe Dream", attracted the attention of several major record labels. Originally released on BEC Recordings on Mar ...

'' * "The Star" (song), by Mariah Carey * "The Star", by Kikki Danielsson from ''

Midnight Sunshine ''Midnight Sunshine'' is a 1984 studio album from Kikki Danielsson. She went to Nashville, Tennessee in the United States to record "Midnight Sunshine" in the Star Gem Studio. The album also entered the Sverigetopplistan, Swedish Albums Chart, pea ...

'' * "The Star", by

Ross D. Wyllie Ross D. Wyllie (born 21 November 1944) is an Australian pop music singer, television presenter and producer from the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a top 20 hit with his cover of Ray Stevens' song "Funny Man" and an Australian No. 1 with ...

Television

* ''Star'' (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox * ''The Star'' (TV series), a Thai singing competition reality show * "The Star" (''Homeland''), the season 3 finale of ''Homeland'' * "The Star" (''The Twilight Zone''), an episode of ''The New Twilight Zone'' based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story

Writing

* ''Star'', a novel by

Pamela Anderson Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is best known for her glamour modeling work in ''Playboy'' magazine and for her appearances on the television series ''Baywatch'' (1992–1997). Anders ...

* ''Star'', a novel by

Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling author alive and the fourth-bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million ...

* "Star" (short story), by Yukio Mishima * "The Star" (Clarke short story), by Arthur C. Clarke * "The Star" (Wells short story), by H. G. Wells, written in 1897 * "The Star", a poem by Jane Taylor, the first line of which is " Twinkle, twinkle, little star"

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Star (guitar) The star is a body shape of solid body electric guitar, particularly favoured for heavy metal music. It blends some features of the Flying V and Gibson Explorer, both of them much older designs. Eddie van Halen hacked his explorer-shaped Ibanez ...

, a guitar body shape * Star (Disney+), a hub within the Disney+ streaming service for an adult audience * Star Cinema Circuit, an historic Australian cinema chain, proprietors

D. Clifford Theatres D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation: * Don (honorific), a form of address in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and their former overseas empires, usually given to nobles or other individuals of high social rank. * Date of death, as an abbreviat ...

Star Distribution Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, formerly known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. until 2007, is an American film distribution studio within the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. It ha ...

, a Latin American and Brazilian film distributor * Star Theatre (disambiguation), several cinemas and theatres *

The Star Performing Arts Centre One-north (stylized as one-north) is a subzone of Queenstown, Singapore, first developed by JTC Corporation as the country's research and development and high technology cluster. It was first conceptualised in 1991 as part of the National Tec ...

, Singapore

Businesses

Media

* ''Star'' (newspaper), various newspapers called either ''Star'' or ''The Star'' * ''Star'' (magazine), an American celebrity tabloid * ''

St. Austin Review The ''St. Austin Review'' (StAR) is a Catholic international review of culture and ideas. It is edited by author, columnist and EWTN TV host Joseph Pearce and literary scholar Robert Asch. StAR includes book reviews, discussions on Christian art ...

'' (''StAR''), a Catholic magazine * ''The Star'' (Bangladesh), a current affairs magazine * Star, a historical bookseller, founded by

Henry Denham Henry Denham was one of the outstanding English printers of the sixteenth century. He was apprenticed to Richard Tottel and took up the freedom of the Stationers' Company on 30 August 1560. In 1564 he set up his own printing house in White Cros ...

in Paternoster Row, London *

List of radio stations named Star This is a list of radio stations with the name Star. Current Uses In North America {{update, date=August 2023 *CKSR-FM (98.3 Star FM) in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada * K237DZ (95.3 Star FM) in Lolo, Montana, US *K246CI (Star 97.1) in Cheye ...

; see also Star FM (disambiguation) * Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984–1988) *

Star Film (Dutch East Indies company) Star Film was a film production company in the Dutch East Indies. Established by Chinese-Indonesian businessman Jo Eng Sek and Chinese cameraman Cho' Chin Hsin in 1940, it produced five black-and-white films in 1940 and 1941; two of these were di ...

, a Dutch East Indies former film production company * Star FM (disambiguation), the name of several radio broadcasters *

Star Media Group Daily News Brands, formerly Star Media Group, is a Canadian media organization and a division of Torstar Corporation. Its flagship publication is the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper, which is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of ...

, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. *

Star Music Star Music (stylized in lowercase as starmusic; formerly known as Star Records), is a record label in the Philippines owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly owned su ...

, a recording company in the Philippines * Star TV (disambiguation), the name of several TV broadcasters and streaming services

Transport companies

Air

* Star Air (disambiguation), several airlines *

Star Airlines XL Airways France was a French airline with its head offices on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. It operated scheduled flights mainly to long-haul destinations in Africa, the Middle East, the United States and the Caribbean as we ...

, a former name of XL Airways France * Star Alliance, an alliance of airlines *

Star Aviation Star Aviation is an airline based at Hassi Messaoud, Algeria. It operates domestic services and its main base is Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport, Hassi Messaoud. History Star Aviation is the aircraft operation of the RedMed Group (a priva ...

, an Algerian airline

Land

FSC Star Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych "Star" (FSC Star), also known simply as Star, was a Polish truck manufacturer. The name comes from the City of Starachowice, where the factory is located. Their first vehicle was the ''Star 20'' in 1948. The mos ...

, a Polish truck manufacturer * Società Torinese Automobili Rapid an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921 *

Star Motor Company The Star Motor Company was a British car and commercial vehicle maker based in Wolverhampton and active from 1898 to 1932. At its peak Star was the UK's sixth largest car manufacturer and produced around 1000 cars a year.Collins, Paul & Strat ...

, an 1898–1932 British car manufacturer *

Star Motorcycles Star Motorcycles was a U.S.-specific brand of Yamaha Motor Company used on Yamaha's cruiser motorcycles. History In 1994 Yamaha announced the creation of Star Motorcycles, a new standalone brand name for its cruiser series of motorcycles in th ...

, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, US * Service des transports en commun de l'agglomération rennaise r( abbreviated STAR in both ''

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

'' and ''

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

'')-

Public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

operator in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Sea

* Star Cruises, a cruise line *

Star Ferry The Star Ferry is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island, and Kowloon. The service is operated by the Star Ferry Com ...

, a Hong Kong ferryboat service * Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company

Other businesses

* STAR (interbank network), the largest American interbank network *

Star Bonifacio Echeverria Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. was a manufacturer of small arms (principally handguns and sub-machineguns) in the Basque region of Spain from about 1905 until 1997. Company history Bonifacio Echeverria and the ancestry of Star The Eibar regi ...

, a defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer *

Star Entertainment Group The Star Entertainment Group Limited is an Australian gambling and entertainment company. The company was formerly known as Echo Entertainment. Properties The Star Entertainment owns and operates the Treasury Casino & Hotel, The Star Gold Coast a ...

, an Australian gambling and entertainment company ** The Star, Sydney, a casino ** The Star Gold Coast, a casino and hotel *

STAR Lager Star Beer is a Nigerian beer produced by Nigerian Breweries. History After the end of World War II, UAC under the leadership of Frank Samuel promoted the establishment of a beer company in Nigeria. In November 1946, UAC in partnership with He ...

, a Nigerian beer brand *

Star Market Star Market is a New England chain of supermarkets based in Greater Boston. It was owned by the Mugar family and started in 1915. The company was sold to The Jewel Companies, Inc. in 1964 and later to Investcorp, which in turn sold the chain to ...

, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston, US *

Star Micronics is a Japanese multinational electronic components and printer manufacturing company headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan. It was founded in 1947 as a precision processor of miniature components, later expanding into automatic lathes, printers, mi ...

, a Japanese printer manufacturer

Education

* California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, a school assessment program *

New York State School Tax Relief Program The New York State School Tax Relief Program (more commonly known as the STAR Program), or New York State Real Property Tax Law §425, is a school tax rebate program offered in New York State aimed at reducing school district property taxes on the ...

, or STAR Program *

Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman ( en, Tuanku Abdul Rahman School; abbreviated STAR) is a premier, all-boys fully residential school in Malaysia funded by the Government of Malaysia. Named after the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of the Federat ...

, a Malaysian public school

Law enforcement

* Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore), a division of the Singapore Police Force *

Special Task and Rescue The Special Task and Rescue ( ms, Pasukan Tindakan Khas dan Penyelamat APMM – PTK APMM, Jawi: ''ڤاسوكن تيندقن خاص دان ڤڽلامت ماريتيم'') or STAR is the maritime tactical unit of the Malaysian Maritime Enforceme ...

, a division of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency * Special Tasks and Rescue, (STAR Group) a police unit of the South Australia police

Private organizations

STAR (student association) STAR (''St''udy ''A''ssociation ''R''otterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) is a study association for business administration students of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University at the Erasmus University Rotterdam base ...

Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR), created in 1997, is a United Kingdom body providing self-regulation for the live event ticket sales industry. Its aim is to ensure consumer confidence in the sale of event tickets, and its members ...

, a British organization * Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a former American organization * Student Action For Refugees (STAR) * Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal, an American Jewish organisation

People

* Star (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Star, a female professional wrestler from the

Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (also known by its initials as GLOW or G.L.O.W.) is a women's professional wrestling promotion that began in 1986 (the pilot was filmed in December 1985) and has continued in various forms after it left television. C ...

Star Jr. Star Jr. (born November 15, 1993) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a '' tecnico'' ("Go ...

(born 1994), the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler * Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group

OMG Girlz OMG (initialism of "Officially Miss Guided") is an American teen pop girl group, initially known as the OMG Girlz. Their name is a play-on words, it represents being young ladies "Miss" that are "Guided" in positive ways. Formed in 2009, by Tame ...

Places

United Kingdom

Star, Fife Star, also known as Star of Markinch (and historically as Star of Brunton or Star of Dalginch)), is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The name of Star derives from the causeway (stair) over the Star Moss, a raised bog to the northwest of the vill ...

, a village in Scotland *

Star, Pembrokeshire Star is a small village in the parish and community of Clydau in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies south of Bwlchygroes on a crossroads in the valley of the Afon Cneifa (a tributary of Afon Cych Afon Cych (standard Welsh orthography: Afon Cuch) ...

, a hamlet in Wales * Star, Somerset, a hamlet in the civil parish of Shipham, England * Star, a small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Wales

United States

Star, Idaho Star is a city in northwestern Ada County, Idaho, with parts stretching into neighboring Canyon County. The population was 5,793 at the 2010 census, up from 1,795 in 2000.Munising Township, Michigan Munising Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 2,983. Communities The city of Munising is adjacent to the northwest corner of the township, but is an auton ...

, an unincorporated community *

Star, Mississippi Star is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, southeast of Jackson. Its ZIP code is 39167, area code is 601 and local exchange is 845. The elevation is 423 feet. Star appears on the Star U.S. Geological Survey Map. The comm ...

, an unincorporated community *

Star, Nebraska Star is an unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across t ...

, an unincorporated community * Star, North Carolina, a town *

Star, Texas Star is an unincorporated community in Mills County in Central Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 85 in 2000. Geography Star is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 84 and ...

, an unincorporated community * Star Island (disambiguation) *

Star Lake (Cook County, Minnesota) Star Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States. Star Lake was probably so named from its roughly star-like outline. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land ...

Star Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota) Star Lake is a lake located in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Star Lake Township, Minnesota is named after the lake because the township contains nearly the entire lake. Public access to the lake is available on Minnesota State Highway 108 Minne ...

, a lake in central Minnesota *

Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin) Star Lake is a lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The lake covers an area of and reaches a maximum depth of . Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landingsThecommunity of Star Lake, Wisconsin is located on the lake's no ...

* Star Township (disambiguation), various townships *

Star Valley Star Valley is located in the United States between the Salt River Range in western Wyoming and the Webster Range of eastern Idaho. The altitude of the valley ranges from to . Three major Wyoming rivers, the Salt River, the Greys River and th ...

, in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho

Elsewhere

Star, Alberta Star is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lamont County. It is located on Highway 831, approximately north of Lamont Lamont or LaMont may refer to: People *Lamont (name), people with the surname or given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont' ...

, a hamlet in Canada *

Star, Bryansk Oblast Star (russian: Старь) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Dyatkovsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning ...

, Russia * Star, Novgorod Oblast, Russia *

Star Mountains The Star Mountains (Dutch (colonial)'': Sterrengebergte''; Indonesian'': Pegunungan Bintang'') are a mountain range in western Papua New Guinea and the eastern end of Highland Papua, Indonesia, stretching from the eastern end of Indonesia to the ...

, Papua New Guinea

Science and technology

Biology

* STAR (gene), the gene that encodes steroidogenic acute regulatory protein *

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, commonly referred to as StAR (STARD1), is a transport protein that regulates cholesterol transfer within the mitochondria, which is the rate-limiting step in the production of steroid hormones. It is p ...

(StAR), a transport protein * ''Ulmus americana'' 'Star', an elm cultivar

Computing

* STAR (software), an educational software series * Star (Unix), an implementation of the tar file archiver * Xerox Star, a 1981 computer workstation * Kleene star, a wildcard symbol used in computer science

Mathematics

Star (game theory) In combinatorial game theory, star, written as * or *1, is the value given to the game where both players have only the option of moving to the zero game. Star may also be denoted as the surreal form . This game is an unconditional first-player wi ...

, a position in combinatorial game theory *

Star (graph theory) In graph theory, a star is the complete bipartite graph a tree with one internal node and leaves (but no internal nodes and leaves when ). Alternatively, some authors define to be the tree of order with maximum diameter 2; in which case a ...

, a graph with a structure that resembles a star *

Star (simplicial complex) The link in a simplicial complex is a generalization of the neighborhood of a vertex in a graph. The link of a vertex encodes information about the local structure of the complex at the vertex. Link of a vertex Given an abstract simplicial compl ...

, the set of simplices containing a given vertex in a simplicial complex

Other uses in science and technology

STAR detector The STAR detector (for Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC) is one of the four experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States. The primary scientific objective of STAR is to study the formation an ...

, a particle physics experiment *

Synthetically thinned aperture radar Synthetic thinned aperture radiometry (STAR) is a method of radar in which the coherent product (correlation) of the signal from pairs of antennas is measured at different antenna-pair spacings (baselines). These products yield sample points in the ...

, an interferometric radar method *

Star Bus Star Bus is a satellite bus family of Orbital ATK. It was originally developed by Thomas van der Heyden, co-founder of CTAI, and later sold to and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation. History The first satellite program based on the Sta ...

, a satellite platform

Sport

KK Star Košarkaški klub Star ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Стар, ), commonly referred to as KK Star, is a men's basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Second Basketball League of Serbia. Histor ...

, a basketball club in Serbia *

Supporters' Trust at Reading Supporters' Trust at Reading also known as STAR, is the official organisation representing the interests of supporters of Reading F.C., Reading Football Club. STAR is the successor to Reading Football Supporters’ Club (RFSC), which was establi ...

, a Reading Football Club supporters' organization * Manglerud Star Ishockey, a Norwegian hockey team * Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, a yacht race *

Star (keelboat) The Star is a one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth in 1910. The Star was an Olympic keelboat class from 1932 through to 2012, the last year keelboats appeared at the Summer Olympics. It is sloop-rigged, with ...

, a one-design racing keelboat * The Star (stadium), an indoor stadium in Frisco, Texas

Transportation

Aerospace

Standard terminal arrival route In aviation, a standard terminal arrival route or standard terminal arrival (STAR) is a published flight procedure followed by aircraft on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan just before reaching a destination airport. A STAR is an air t ...

, a flight procedure *

Star (rocket stage) The Star is a family of US solid-propellant rocket motors originally developed by Thiokol and used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages. They are used almost exclusively as an upper stage, often as an apogee kick motor. Three Star 3 ...

, a family of American solid-fuel rocket motors

Land

Star (automobile) The Star was an America automobile marque that was assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928. Also known as the Star Car, Star was envisioned as a competitor against the Ford Model T and Chevrolet. In the United Kingdom, i ...

, a marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928 *

American Star Bicycle The American Star Bicycle was invented in 1880 by G. W. Pressey and manufactured by the H. B. Smith Machine Company in Smithville, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was characterized by a small wheel in front to avoid the problem of tipping forwa ...

, an early type of bicycle * Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, or STAR Tollway, an expressway in the Philippines * GWR 4000 Class, or Star, a type of steam locomotive * GWR Star Class, a type of steam locomotive * Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line, a defunct rail proposal in Chicago, US

Sea

* , several Royal Navy ships * , a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named ''Star'' * MS ''Star'' (1978), originally ''Merzario Hispania'' and later MS ''Nordic Ferry'', a car ferry * MS ''Star'' (2006), a Ro-Pax ferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink *

, a one-design racing keelboat

Other uses

* Star (Chinese constellation) *

The Star (Ketchikan, Alaska) The Star is a historic commercial building at 5 Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. It is the only one of a once-numerous collection of brothels that famously lined Creek Street to retain its historical integrity, and was one of th ...

, a historic commercial building in Ketchikan, Alaska *

Star (dog) Star was a mixed-breed female pit bull who was shot by the New York City Police Department in 2012 while she was protecting her homeless owner who was in the midst of a seizure. Star's shooting was captured on video, and went viral, leading to cont ...

, a dog who was shot by the New York City Police * Star, a horse coat facial marking * , a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command * '' An-Najm'' ("The Star"), the 53rd ''sura'' of the Qur'an *

Pyrotechnic star Pyrotechnic stars are pellets of pyrotechnic composition which may contain metal powders, salts or other compounds that, when ignited, burn a certain color or make a certain spark effect. They are a part of all projectile-type fireworks. The mo ...

, in fireworks displays * Situation, task, action, result, an interview technique * STAR voting (Score Then Automatic Runoff), a cardinal electoral system * The Star (Tarot card), a Major Arcana tarot card