Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ASTER

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Definitions of ASTER

1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
2. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
3. (obsolete) A star.

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Examples of Using ASTER in a Sentence

• The Aster CT-80 is a 1982 personal computer developed by the small Dutch company MCP (later renamed to Aster Computers), was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists.
• Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae.
• Gold was discovered by Frederic Mooers, John Singleton and Charles Burcham at Yellow Aster Mine on 25 April 1895 and a mining camp quickly formed named Rand Camp.
• After being charted and incorporated in 1908, it became known as several names, such as Quick Station, Aster, and Forrest Station.
• In Tilton, it extends from the Franklin city line in the west to Interstate 93 in the east, and north to Clark Road, Colby Road, and just south of Aster Drive.
• MBDA Aster Missile naval missiles, and short-range man-portable systems like the Stinger and 9K38 Igla.
• In ancient times, the lake was known as Astijärv or Aster, when northern Vidzeme was inhabited by the Livonian people.
• Street names were chosen from the weeds that were growing all around on the former sea floor, like reed (Rietstraat), thistle (Distelstraat) and sea aster (Zeeasterstraat).
• ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) ASTER creates high-resolution images of clouds, ice, water and the land surface using 3 different sensor subsystems.
• The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a Japanese remote sensing instrument onboard the Terra satellite launched by NASA in 1999.
• The Aster missiles were developed to intercept and destroy the full spectrum of air threats from high-performance combat aircraft, UAVs and helicopters to cruise, anti-radiation and even sea-skimming supersonic anti-ship missiles.
• Accucraft Trains in California, The Gauge One Model Railway Company in Britain, and Aster Hobbies Ltd in Japan produce gauge 1 items, mostly coal, methylated spirits, and butane fired.
• It is placed in the tribe Astereae and is closely related to the Old World asters (Aster) and the true daisies (Bellis).
• Corvettes too small to have the big and costly Aster missile system are the most likely customers for the VL MICA-M, which offers similar capability as the Aster 15 but without its booster and PIF-PAF vectorial control.
• On the night of 15 December 2023, the Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond shot down a UAV targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea with a single Sea Viper (Aster).
• 4 x 8 Sylver A50 will be used by the Hellenic Navy on each of the three FDI HN frigates for MBDA Aster 30 missiles.
• The ship carries a complement of Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, AS365F Dauphin Pedro, EC725 Caracal and AS532 Cougar helicopters for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles.
• The upland restoration of prairie, savanna, and woodland plants has included only top quality native species such as little bluestem, sky-blue aster, nodding wild onion, side-oats grama, butterfly weed, purple prairie clover, rough blazing star, wild quinine, prairie phlox, coneflowers, false dragonhead, northern prairie dropseed, showy goldenrod, rattlesnake master, shooting star, and wild bergamot.
• In 1997, after more than 15 years abroad, Aster returned to Ethiopia, where she was warmly welcomed by thousands of fans awaiting her at Addis Ababa airport.
• The mountain peaks contain plants such as the rock draba, Ziegler's aster, shaggy-haired alumroot and Davidson's stonecrop.
• Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis.
• The first models were Perfecta tricycles and quadricycles, made under licence from Léon Bollée and equipped with Aster engines.
• The company's car roots can be traced to 1899 when Begbie Manufacturing of Wembley, in north London became British licensees of the French Aster company (Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster) making mainly stationary engines.
• The ship carries a complement of Dassault Rafale M and E‑2C Hawkeye aircraft, EC725 Caracal and AS532 Cougar helicopters for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles.
• WorldWind uses digital elevation model (DEM) data collected by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), National Elevation Dataset (NED) and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).

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