Definition of "double star" []

• See binary star. (noun)

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• "He paused for the blue-and-gold double star Alberio and the four jewels of Epsilon Lyrae."
• ""If we Jump to 1148 directly from Deneb we'll arrive someplace along this line —" he traced a line from the double star outward with a mousepen — "depending on how the gravitational equipotential surfaces work out."
• "Her list of jewels was given in the journals of that day, ” “a miniature violin and bow ablaze with diamonds, given by the Prince and Princess of Wales; a double star with a solitaire pearl in the centre, and each point tipped with pearls, from Queen Margherita of Italy.”"