starfield
nounEtymology From star + field.
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A starry backdrop.
- This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor.1996, Celestine A Ntuen, Eui H Park, Human Interaction with Complex Systems:
- a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies2006, Alex Michael, Animating with Flash 8:
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- A practiced eye can detect the effects of advanced civilizations on a starfield, as technologies harness and affect the raw radiation emitted by so many stars.2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 4, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 65: