e|clips|ing binary

e|clips|ing binary: e|clips|ing binary «ih KLIHP sihng»,

a variable star whose changes in brightness are due to apparent eclipse by its companion star in a binary system, which occurs when the plane of the orbit of the binary system almost coincides with the line of sight of the observer on earth.

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