"Roche lobe" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2002, Juhan Frank, Andrew King, Derek Raine, Accretion Power in Astrophysics, page 54",
          "text": "A further interesting situation (although not one of much relevance for this book) comes about if both stars for some reason fill their Roche lobes simultaneously.",
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          "ref": "2012, C. de Loore, C. Doom, Structure and Evolution of Single and Binary Stars, page 386",
          "text": "Generally, mass transfer by Roche lobe overflow is required to power LMXRB's, since low mass stars never exhibit strong stellar winds.",
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          "ref": "2013, Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone, Eclipsing Binary Stars: Modeling and Analysis, page 85",
          "text": "If only one component accurately fills its Roche lobe the system is semi-detached. If neither fills its Roche lobe, it is detached.",
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        "The teardrop-shaped region around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star."
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        "(astronomy) The teardrop-shaped region around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star."
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