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spectroscopic binary

spectroscopic binary noun: a binary star in which the component stars are close together and can only be resolved via spectroscopy.

Noun

spectroscopic binary (uncountable)

  1. A binary star in which the component stars are close together and can only be resolved via spectroscopy.

Questions about spectroscopic binary

What does spectroscopic binary mean?
Spectroscopic binary means a binary star in which the component stars are close together and can only be resolved via spectroscopy.
What part of speech is spectroscopic binary?
Spectroscopic binary is a noun.

Words near spectroscopic binary in the dictionary

  1. spectroreflectometer
  2. spectroreflectometers
  3. spectroscope
  4. spectroscopes
  5. spectroscopic
  6. spectroscopic binary
  7. spectroscopical
  8. spectroscopically
  9. spectroscopies
  10. spectroscopist
  11. spectroscopists

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