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triple stars

triple stars is the plural of triple star.

Meaning of triple star

Noun

triple star (plural triple stars)

  1. Three stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a trinary star.
  2. Three stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (trinary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance.

Questions about triple stars

What is triple stars the plural of?
Triple stars is the plural of triple star.

Words near triple stars in the dictionary

  1. triple single
  2. triple singles
  3. triple star
  4. triple star system
  5. triple star systems
  6. triple stars
  7. triple stop
  8. triple stops
  9. triple T
  10. triple test
  11. triple tests

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