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noun Astronomy.

a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.

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Words nearby visual binary

visual angle, visual aphasia, visual area, visual arts, visual axis, visual binary, visual cortex, visual display terminal, visual display unit, visual effect, visual evoked potential

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Example sentences from the Web for visual binary

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
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Most of them were large birds—hawks, egrets, and even peacocks—for spectacular visual effect as they took flight.
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Instead, the writers had to rely on visual cues and ambiance.
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And since visual media is more compelling than any other medium, it is consistently their drug of choice.
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He devoured it whole with a kind of visual gulp—a flash; the entire meaning first, then lines, then separate words.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
This hour gives to the imaginative in every land a thrill, a yearning, and a pang of visual regeneration.
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For this reason the photographic images are less sensitive to conditions affecting the seeing than the visual images.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
For visual observation the Crossley telescope is provided with seven eyepieces, with powers ranging from 620 downward.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
However the scout did not move toward it until after a long moment of both visual and mental inspection of his surroundings.
Star Born|Andre Norton

Scientific definitions for visual binary

visual binary

[ vĭzh′ōō-əl ]

See under binary star.

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