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as·tral  (strl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars.
2. Biology Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster; star-shaped.
3. Of or relating to a supersensible body believed by theosophists to coexist with and survive the death of the human physical body: an astral body; astral projection.
[Late Latin astrlis, from Latin astrum, star, from Greek astron; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.]
astral·ly adv.
astral
Adjective
1. relating to or resembling the stars
2. of the spirit world [Greek astron star]
astral  (strl)
Relating to or coming from the stars; stellar.
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Adj.1.astral - being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light"
stellar


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