ECLIPSING VARIABLE


Meaning of ECLIPSING VARIABLE in English

Astron.

a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system. Also called eclipsing binary .

[ 1920-25; ECLIPSE + -ING 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .