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Answer for the clue "Stellar grouping ", 13 letters:
multiple star

Word definitions for multiple star in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r, 'a`stron, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a system of three or more stars associated by gravity

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context star English) Multiple stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a multiple star system. 2 (context star English) Multiple stars that appear to be one when seen with the ...

Usage examples of multiple star.

That doctrine of slow and cautious expansion had, of necessity, been modified somewhat on all three occasions upon which the Fleet had encountered an Enemy whose own sphere had encompassed multiple star systems.

There are approximately one thousand five hundred stars and multiple star systems within a sixty-five-light-year radius of Sol.