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MULTIPLE STAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does multiple star mean?
• MULTIPLE STAR (noun)
The noun MULTIPLE STAR has 1 sense:
1. a system of three or more stars associated by gravity
Familiarity information: MULTIPLE STAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of three or more stars associated by gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("multiple star" is a kind of...):
star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multiple star"):
Trapezium (a multiple star in the constellation of Orion)
Instance hyponyms:
Alpha Geminorum; Castor (a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux)
Context examples
Two teams of astronomers, one from INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri in Florence, Italy and the second from Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands and from University College London, United Kingdom, have harnessed the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to detect the prebiotic complex organic molecule methyl isocyanate in the multiple star system IRAS 16293-2422.
(ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars, ESO)
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