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noun
Multiple stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a multiple star system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
a system of three or more stars associated by gravity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: star
Narrower terms: Trapezium, Castor, Alpha Geminorum
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Across languages
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