"multiple star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: multiple stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiple star (plural multiple stars)
  1. (astronomy) Multiple stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a multiple star system. Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms (star system): multiple star system
    Sense id: en-multiple_star-en-noun-VIoklBXO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'star system': 75 25
  2. (astronomy) Multiple stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (multiple star systems) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance. Categories (topical): Stars
    Sense id: en-multiple_star-en-noun-cNXT7Gt5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: multiple star system Related terms: single star, double star, triple star, quadruple star, quintuple star, star system Translations (Multiple star): 聚星 (jùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kelkobla stelo (Esperanto), kelkopa stelo (Esperanto), multobla stelo (Esperanto), étoile multiple [feminine] (French), ilréalta [feminine] (Irish), кра́тная звезда́ (krátnaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'Multiple star': 52 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for multiple star meaning in English (3.7kB)

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