circumbinary.

Orbiting around both objects in a binary system rather than around only one.

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Words that belong together

• circumbinary planet
• circumbinary orbit

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A circumbinary planet crossed the light of both stars.

The station occupied a stable circumbinary orbit beyond the inner debris.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable in this technical classification; degree language only if a specific measurable context supports it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.