"starfield" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From star + field.",
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          "ref": "1996, Celestine A Ntuen, Eui H Park, Human Interaction with Complex Systems:",
          "text": "This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor.",
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          "ref": "2006, Alex Michael, Animating with Flash 8:",
          "text": "a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies",
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          "ref": "2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 4, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 65:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A starry backdrop."
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          "starry",
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          "backdrop",
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