"double star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double star (plural double stars)
  1. (astronomy) Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star. Categories (topical): Stars, Two Synonyms (star system): binary, binary star, double star system, binary star system
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  2. (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 binaries). Categories (topical): Stars
    Sense id: en-double_star-en-noun-35ka4H0p Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double star system Related terms: single star, single star system, triple star, multiple star, star system Translations (double star): izar bikoitz (Basque), estrella doble [feminine] (Catalan), estel binari [masculine] (Catalan), estel doble [masculine] (Catalan), 雙星 /双星 (shuāngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), duobla stelo (Esperanto), kaksoistähti (Finnish), étoile double [feminine] (French), étoile binaire [feminine] (French), Doppelstern [masculine] (German), द्वितारा (dvitārā) [masculine] (Hindi), réalta dhúbailte [feminine] (Irish), 二重星 (nijūsei) (alt: にじゅうせい) (Japanese), estrela dupla [feminine] (Portuguese), двойна́я звезда́ (dvojnája zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), estrella doble [feminine] (Spanish), dubbelstjärna [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'double star': 55 45

Inflected forms

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