multiple star

1. 1.

   a system of three or more stars associated by gravity

   Broaderstar

   NarrowerCastorTrapezium

Questions about multiple star

What does multiple star mean?

multiple star means "a system of three or more stars associated by gravity".

Is multiple star a common word?

multiple star is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.