1650s, "pertaining to stars, star-like," from Late Latin stellaris "pertaining to a star, starry," from stella "star" (see star (n.)). Meaning "outstanding, leading" (1883) is from the theatrical sense of star.
例文
1. The French companies are registering stellar profits.
フランスの各社は利益を得ている。
2.A stellar wind streams outward from the star.
その恒星から恒星風が絶えず吹き出している。
3.They were at stellar distances from her present world.
彼らは彼女の現在の世界から、まるで空の星のように遠い。
4.Neutron stars are the second exhibit in the gallery of stellar corpses.
中性子星は死の恒星陳列館内の第2類サンプルである。
5.We can analyze by statistical mechanics the behavior of the stellar substance.