--- title: "How to pronounce \"contact binary\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"contact binary\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/pIFiCLhJmig/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/contact-binary" --- # How to pronounce "contact binary" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/kɒntæktbɪnærɪ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **con·tac·tbi·na·ry** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "contact binary" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "When we look at that binary system, we see a white dwarf star that is clearly more evolved than a high mass one, the opposite of what we expect! This is called the Algol Paradox, after the contact binary star Algol in Perseus which shows this effect. Mass transfer between two stars can yield even more dramatic results. Imagine this same system a couple of billion years later. The high mass star has lost its outer layers," - **Watch at 8:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIFiCLhJmig&t=504s) ### Example 2 > "The actual comet turned out to be a contact binary." - **Watch at 10:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAvIL2ZfjFQ&t=646s) ### Example 3 > "It blows off a wind of matter and loses mass. Since the stars’ gravity depends on their masses, as the big star loses mass the orbits get a little wonky, becoming more elliptical. But when the massive star swells, it gets so big the two become a contact binary. A lot of the material leaving the higher mass star gets dumped on the red dwarf, which starts to grow. Eventually, the big star loses most of its mass and becomes a white dwarf, while what USED to be the lower mass star has grown, and now might be more massive than the other" - **Watch at 7:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIFiCLhJmig&t=467s) ### Example 4 > "But now, based on the analysis, the composition, they believe it's a contact binary." - **Watch at 12:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAvIL2ZfjFQ&t=721s) ## How to Pronounce "contact binary" - **Syllables**: con · tac · tbi · na · ry - **IPA**: `/kɒntæktbɪnærɪ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [contact](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/contact), [binary](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/binary) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “contact binary”? “contact binary” is pronounced /kɒntæktbɪnærɪ/ (con · tac · tbi · na · ry). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “contact binary”? “contact binary” has 5 syllables: con · tac · tbi · na · ry. ### How can I hear “contact binary” used in real sentences? This page has 4 real-world video examples of “contact binary” with synchronized subtitles. 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