Definition of starburst in English:

starburst

noun

1A pattern of lines or rays radiating from a central object or source of light.
as modifier ‘a starburst pattern’
- ‘The viewer was greeted by a starburst of white lines radiating from the center of a yellow, rectangular, floor-to-ceiling field.’
- ‘Infected kernels may be pink or show a white starburst pattern radiating from the top of the kernel.’
- ‘You will begin to see patterns and colours and starbursts.’
- ‘I have two lovely old baking pans with a starburst pattern on them.’
- ‘The relationships of species A and D haplotypes form a starburst pattern that is highly characteristic of a population expansion.’
- ‘The deftly rendered portraits of the latter two are surrounded by a starburst pattern of the sort seen in comic books.’
- ‘The walls were painted, the floors carpeted, the skylights covered with matching fabric, and the central ceiling made into a dynamic starburst of tricolored panels of glass called Afro Kaleidoscope.’
- ‘Their black satin pants and jackets gleam in the sun, starbursts of acrylic colour flickering down each arm.’
- ‘Fusarium ear rot may be accompanied by starburst patterns on the kernels.’
- ‘It was a gold plated solid bangle with starburst patterns.’
- ‘They had differently coloured typefaces, borders, a starburst filled with the word ‘victims’.’
- ‘But if you don't know what the flag looks like (red, white and green bars with a yellow starburst in the center), you wouldn't know the context of these images.’
- ‘The plate was absolute eye candy, featuring the stuffed haunch at centre surrounded by a starburst of alternating green and orange purées.’
- ‘Welders will this week attach 180 steel spikes, each 22m long, that will create the starburst affect.’
- ‘Her eyes took on a deep rose hue, golden spokes radiating outwards from her pupils, creating an eerie starburst effect.’
- ‘On that stormy day, however, she was wearing sky blue contacts with a starburst pattern.’
- ‘The patterns and motifs are highly complex, ranging from starbursts and amoebic shapes to flowers and birds.’
- ‘They entered a cavern filled with green trees and brilliant starbursts of flowers.’
- ‘In the middle of the band was a large rectangular plate with a large glittering starburst.’
- ‘Forest entomologists call this inch-and-a-half-long insect with starburst spots on burnished black wings potentially the worst ecological disaster North American forests have ever seen.’
1. 1.1An explosion producing a starburst effect.
  ‘The starburst sound effect continues to blow the listener out of the room on high volume.’
  ‘Above the trenches, starbursts of artillery lit the sky, dissolving into green and red and orange streaks.’
  ‘As the voices grow quieter and then fall into silence, somewhere a child lights off a Roman candle, and the resulting starburst reminds those gathered of a prayer answered, a request granted.’
  ‘A starburst of a billion rivets was thrown very high into the air.’
  ‘A starburst of gray dust exploded across the front of her shirt, but there was no tear or rip on the fabric itself.’
  ‘The next moment a fist slammed into his chin and his world exploded in a starburst of pain.’
  ‘She felt her whole body tense the moment before it exploded in a starburst of fire.’
  ‘A few seconds separated two explosions, and when the spectacle was done, all that remained was free-floating shield energy, and a million tiny pieces flying away from the Destroyer in a starburst pattern.’
  ‘With the repeal of the Licensing Act and the passing of the Copyright Act, the early 18th century saw a starburst of literary activity and this meant that the writing life was soon seen as a suitable occupation for ‘gentlemen’.’
2. 1.2A camera lens attachment that produces a pattern of rays around the image of a source of light.
  ‘Or opt for a rhinestone detail such as a starburst on the lower half of the lens.’
  ‘He is also being asked about the starburst in one of the first images he captured.’
3. 1.3A period of intense activity in a galaxy involving the formation of stars.
  ‘Here the star formation rate may be higher, so these galaxies are called starbursts.’
  ‘NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found new populations of suspected mid-mass black holes in several starburst galaxies, where stars form and explode at an unusually high rate.’
  ‘On a grander scale, the new nebula observations could hold clues to star formation in distant galaxies, including so-called starburst galaxies, in which stars are forming like gangbusters.’
  ‘Pods strung on armatures and made into shapes that evoke crowns, starbursts and galaxies add human or celestial content and help the natural materials transcend their roots.’
  ‘Hazy, hot, and hidden: dust-laden clouds at the centers of some galaxies may enshroud titanic starburst or baby quasars.’
  ‘The density of stars makes the region in and around the Arches cluster a microcosm of what is likely occurring in starburst galaxies.’
  ‘Nestled among other starburst regions within the small galaxy, nebula NGC 346 alone contains more than 2500 infant stars.’
  ‘Science fiction conjures up all manner of dangerous aliens and starbursts and quirky, mind-bending ripples in space and time.’
  ‘In both cases the galaxy is at a much lower redshift than the associated quasars, and is often disturbed in form or unusually active in showing starburst activity or in producing considerable radio emission.’