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Definition of Triple star

Triple star
Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3. Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt. Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity. Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts. Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.

Meaning of Triple star from wikipedia

- multiple star systems. Most multiple star systems are triple stars. Systems with four or more components are less likely to occur. Multiple-star systems...
- appearing to the naked eye as a single point of light, Polaris is a triple star system, composed of the primary, a yellow supergiant designated Polaris...
- spite of their spot-like appearance, only Alnilam is a single star; Alnitak is a triple star system, and Mintaka a ****tuple. All three owe their luminosity...
- The Triple-A All-Star Game was an annual baseball game held from 1988 to 2019 between professional players from the affiliated Triple-A leagues of Minor...
- designation 27 Tauri, is a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus. It is a member of the Pleiades, an open star cluster (M45). It is 431 light-years...
- prominent asterism called the Southern Cross. It is a binary star or a possible triple star system. β Crucis (Latinised to Beta Crucis) is the system's...
- magnitude 12.6 star (though it may be observed to be brighter) and the quaternary is a magnitude 13.6 star. Pi Boötis is a close triple star. The primary...
- Meaning of "Pacific's triple star" There is some discussion, with no official explanation, of the meaning of "Pacific's triple star". Unofficial explanations...
- magnitude 4.6 and the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 5.8. 16 Draconis and 17 Draconis are part of a triple star 400 light-years from Earth, visible in...
- claimed to be orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to the Sun and part of a triple star system. It is located approximately...