English
Noun
en-noun|sg=double star
- astronomy Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star.
- astronomy Two stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (binary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance (optical binary star|optical binaries).
Translations
trans-top|double star
Finnish: kaksoistähti
German: Doppelstern m
Japanese: ��� (nijūsei)
trans-mid
Russian: двойна� звезда (dvojnája zvezdá) f
Spanish: estrella doble f
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Synonyms
binary
References
"double star" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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