Binary System

Vocabulary Term/Concept: Binary System
Found definitions: A system of two stars orbiting one another.
Feather Jr., Ralph and Susan Leach Snyder. Earth Science . United States : The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 1999.
Your own definition: A system that involves two stars orbiting each other.
Illustration:

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Part of speech Noun

Word root(s) Bin-, Latin, two -ary, Latin, a thing which Sys-, Greek, similar; at the same time http://wordinfo.info/words/index.php?v=info&a=view_results&s=system http://wordinfo.info/words/index.php?v=info&a=view_results&s=binary

Prefix/suffix Bin-two

Related words dyadic system Pasted from <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/binary+system?o=100074> Binary language?

Connections, Questions, Example, and/or Additional Information:

1. Binary language; a string consisting of 1's and 0's. Two stars - two planets
2. How would they orbit each other at the same time?
3. Would be caused by stars of similar/equal mass?
4. Looks like a Venn diagram...