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# How to pronounce "circumbinary" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sɪrkʌmbɪnærɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **cir·cum·bi·na·ry**

## Meaning & Usage

### ADJECTIVE
- Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit.
  - *Example*: "The effect of a reduced collision rate at large orbital radii on the formation timescale of planets is possibly explained by Alexander (2012) who suggests that circumbinary planets have more time to form than planets around single stars."

### Example Sentences
- "The effect of a reduced collision rate at large orbital radii on the formation timescale of planets is possibly explained by Alexander (2012) who suggests that circumbinary planets have more time to form than planets around single stars."
- "circumbinary planet anybody have any questions on the circumbinary planets okay no yes yeah go ahead so how does"
- "It could teach us about the atmospheres of circumbinary planets and, as the researchers say, “provide a new hope” to unravel their mysteries."

### Common Phrases
- circumbinary planet

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (14 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "circumbinary" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "bound together gravitationally so we've gone from expecting one star systems to having four star systems okay so this is this is recent and exciting so that's a circumbinary planet anybody have any questions on the circumbinary planets okay no yes yeah go ahead so how does system that's correct nope this so this one so the the the planet is circumbinary so it's around this binary and then this whole"
- **Watch at 37:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=2224s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "It could teach us about the atmospheres of circumbinary planets and, as the researchers say, “provide a new hope” to unravel their mysteries."
- **Watch at 2:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lfXL5cJgM&t=143s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "circum biner Planet but it was really the first unambiguous example of a transiting circumbinary Planet so here is the planet we're looking over top"
- **Watch at 27:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=1621s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "system that's correct nope this so this one so the the the planet is circumbinary so it's around this binary and then this whole"
- **Watch at 37:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=2234s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "they get big enough they can gravitationally attract other bodies in the case of circumbinary systems the the mean velocity of all these components is"
- **Watch at 38:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=2296s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "A planet can circle around that binary in what’s called a circumbinary orbit."
- **Watch at 1:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lfXL5cJgM&t=85s)

### Example 7
> "stars in the sky. So this is a so-called circumbinary planet, a planet uh whose"
- **Watch at 32:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxjJ3wREO8g&t=1954s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "sunset uh on t T and so Tatooine is a planet and does anybody know what the what the systems described as circumbinary does that make sense okay"
- **Watch at 26:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=1584s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "little bit and we said well the planet seems to be Crossing at at irregular intervals it must be circumbinary and so by carefully modeling it with some uh"
- **Watch at 31:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=1878s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "almost solar mass and they're almost equal Mass okay so the first thing that we got out of this was that okay circumbinary plets are not rare in fact"
- **Watch at 32:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esacn71B2iE&t=1947s)


## How to Pronounce "circumbinary"

- **Syllables**: cir · cum · bi · na · ry
- **IPA**: `/sɪrkʌmbɪnærɪ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “circumbinary”?
“circumbinary” is pronounced /sɪrkʌmbɪnærɪ/ (cir · cum · bi · na · ry). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “circumbinary”?
“circumbinary” has 5 syllables: cir · cum · bi · na · ry.

### What does “circumbinary” mean?
Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit.

### How can I hear “circumbinary” used in real sentences?
This page has 14 real-world video examples of “circumbinary” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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