Usually means: Two stars orbiting a common center.
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  1. binary star: Merriam-Webster
  2. binary star: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. binary star: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. binary star: Collins English Dictionary
  5. binary star: Vocabulary.com
  6. binary star: Wordnik
  7. binary star: Wiktionary
  8. binary star: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. binary star: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. binary star: Dictionary.com
  11. Binary Star (band), Binary Star (hip hop group), Binary Star, Binary star: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. binary star: Rhymezone
  13. binary star: FreeDictionary.org
  14. binary star: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. binary star: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. binary star: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BINARY STAR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (binary star)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A stellar system in which two stars orbit around their center of mass; double star.

Similar:
double star, binary, binary star system, double star system, multiple star system, multiple star, bistar, binary pulsar, double pulsar, diaster, more...

Opposite:
single star, solo star, non-binary star

Types:
red dwarf, white dwarf, black hole, pulsar, neutron star, quark star, blue giant, red giant, more...

Phrases:
binary star system, x-ray binary star, x ray binary star, Habitability of binary star systems, more...

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Similar:
double star, binary, binary star system, double star system, multiple star system, multiple star, bistar, binary pulsar, double pulsar, diaster, more...

Opposite:
single star, solo star, non-binary star

Types:
red dwarf, white dwarf, black hole, pulsar, neutron star, quark star, blue giant, red giant, more...

Phrases:
binary star system, x-ray binary star, x ray binary star, Habitability of binary star systems, more...



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