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quadruple star

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
quadru-ple s-tar
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Four stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (quadruple star systems) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance.

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What does quadruple star mean?
Four stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a quadruple star system.

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