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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A double star of which the components are too close to be resolved by the telescope, but the duplicity of which is indicated by the fact that its spectrum is composed of two spectra of different classes overlying each other. Alpha Equulei is a typical ease. This star and several others have been shown to be spectroscopic binaries.

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