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stel′lar associa′tion, [Astron.]
  1. Astronomya 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. Cf. globular cluster, open cluster. 
'stellar association' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
association - association of stars - cluster - globular cluster - open cluster - star cluster

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