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noun
A ray or set of rays of starlight (light emitted from a star); especially, an intense and visible one, as revealed for example by its diffraction among dust particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beam, ray, shaft
History
From star + beam.
