ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overcontact

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Overcontact is an adjective meaning (astronomy) Describing a pair of binary stars having a common convective envelope.

Meaning

(astronomy) Describing a pair of binary stars having a common convective envelope.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coorbital, corotational, conjunctive, overcoupled, overcontiguous, confluent.

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