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Double star   /dˈəbəl stɑr/   Listen
Double star

noun
1.
A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation.  Synonyms: binary, binary star.






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"Double star" Quotes from Famous Books



... his Academy, as the organ through which every considered opinion shall be announced, and whose biography he has likewise so labored, that the historic facts are lost in the light of Plato's mind. Socrates and Plato are the double star, which the most powerful instruments will not entirely separate. Socrates, again, in his traits and genius, is the best example of that synthesis which constitutes Plato's extraordinary power. Socrates, a man of humble stem, but honest enough; of the commonest history; of a personal ...
— Representative Men • Ralph Waldo Emerson



Words linked to "Double star" :   Procyon, Dog Star, Rigil Kent, Sirius, Aldebaran, Rigil, Altair, Alpha Centauri, Antares, star, binary, Epsilon Aurigae, Sothis, Beta Orionis, binary star, Canicula, algol, Rigel, Vega



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