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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cataclysmic binary A close interacting binary that undergoes outbursts. The term is usually restricted to cataclysmic variables of the dwarf nova, nova, and nova-like types, excluding any binary that is a supernova, symbiotic star, or X-ray binary.

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