| 单词 | multiple star |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmultiple star multiple star n. Astronomy (originally) a group of stars apparently forming one system; (now) spec. a group of three or more stars orbiting around a common centre of gravity. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > multiple star > [noun] multiple star1786 trapezium1851 Castor1868 1782 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 112 The following catalogue contains not only double-stars, but also those that are treble, double-double, quadruple, double-treble, and multiple.] 1786 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 466 The clusters of stars are sorted by their apparent compression, in the manner of my former catalogues of double, treble, and multiple stars. 1848 Southern Literary Messenger Jan. 8/1 The plan..contemplates measures of distance and angle of position upon all double and multiple stars. 1919 J. H. Jeans Probl. Cosmogony & Stellar Dynamics xi. 246 (heading) The evolution of binary and multiple stars: the process of fission. 1991 C. A. Ronan Nat. Hist. Universe 80/2 Single stars like our Sun account for only about half the stars we see: the other half are binary or multiple stars. < as lemmas |
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