Usually means: Two stars orbit, periodically align.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. eclipsing binary: Merriam-Webster
  2. eclipsing binary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eclipsing binary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eclipsing binary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eclipsing binary: Wiktionary
  6. eclipsing binary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. eclipsing binary: Dictionary.com
  8. Eclipsing binary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. eclipsing binary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eclipsing binary: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Eclipsing Binary: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Eclipsing Binary: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. JPL Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (eclipsing binary)

noun:  (astronomy) Any of a class of extrinsic variable stars where changes in brightness are caused by stars eclipsing each other.

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