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contact binaries

contact binaries is the plural of contact binary.

Meaning of contact binary

Noun

contact binary (plural contact binaries)

  1. A binary star whose component stars are in physical contact (share an upper atmosphere).
  2. A bilobated small Solar System body formed from two bodies that gravitated together and fused into one.

Questions about contact binaries

What is contact binaries the plural of?
Contact binaries is the plural of contact binary.

Words near contact binaries in the dictionary

  1. contabulating
  2. contabulation
  3. contact
  4. contact ball
  5. contact balls
  6. contact binaries
  7. contact binary
  8. contact call
  9. contact calls
  10. contact card
  11. contact cards

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