Usually means: Two stars orbiting, detected spectroscopically.
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  1. spectroscopic binary: Merriam-Webster
  2. spectroscopic binary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. spectroscopic binary: Wiktionary
  4. spectroscopic binary: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. spectroscopic binary: Dictionary.com
  6. Spectroscopic binary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. spectroscopic binary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spectroscopic binary: Encyclopedia

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  1. Spectroscopic Binary: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spectroscopic binary)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A binary star in which the component stars are close together and can only be resolved via spectroscopy.

Similar:
binoscope, telespectroscope, telespectrograph, spectroscope, spectroheliogram, microspectroscopy, spectromicroscopy, spectromicroscope, photospectroscopy, spectroreflectometer, more...

Opposite:
non-binary, single star system, solitary star

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Similar:
binoscope, telespectroscope, telespectrograph, spectroscope, spectroheliogram, microspectroscopy, spectromicroscopy, spectromicroscope, photospectroscopy, spectroreflectometer, more...

Opposite:
non-binary, single star system, solitary star



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