Usually means: Intense burst of star formation.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. starburst: Merriam-Webster
  2. starburst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. starburst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. starburst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Starburst, starburst: Wordnik
  6. starburst: Wiktionary
  7. starburst: Dictionary.com
  8. Starburst (Alfred Bester), Starburst (astronomy), Starburst (candy), Starburst (confectionary), Starburst (confectionery), Starburst (magazine), Starburst (missile), Starburst (symbol), Starburst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. starburst: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. StarBurst: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. StarBurst: CCI Computer
  3. StarBurst: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. starburst: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (starburst)

noun:  A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
noun:  (typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ✺.
noun:  (astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
noun:  (astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
verb:  (astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
verb:  To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.
verb:  To make a starburst pattern.

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