dark star

noun

, Astronomy.

1. an invisible member of a binary or multiple star system.

dark star

noun

1. an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star

Example Sentences

Frida is a colossal woman, in girth and stature, and she becomes the dark star at the center of this disconcerting debut.

From The Daily Beast

But it was many a day before they met again, though these two also had been born under the invisible shadow of the Dark Star.

From Project Gutenberg

This dark star sometimes comes between Algol and the observer and cuts off the light.

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And for a roof over all was the dark star-set sky: whence the Great Bear gazed wonderingly down upon us with his golden eyes.

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He took down a strange instrument, went to the bottom window, and measured the apparent size of the dark star.

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In the Inferno of the Dark Star the soul sees the attendant genii of his life, each symbolizing some passion of his nature.

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