stellar association
noun Astronomy.
a sparsely populated group of between 10 and 1000 young stars of similar spectral type and common origin that are moving too fast to form a permanent, gravitationally bound system.
Also called
association of stars,
association.
Compare
globular cluster,
open cluster.
Words nearby stellar association
stele,
stell,
stella,
stella polaris,
stellar,
stellar association,
stellar evolution,
stellar wind,
stellarator,
stellate,
stellate abscess