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Major axis
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InnoDB
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CD-Photo
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Alternating
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Button cell
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Melliferous
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Radical
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Flag
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Insular gigantism
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Small planet
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Anisodactyl
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Natural CO2 sequestering
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Trimmings
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Carbon
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Disseminated deposit
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TDG risk
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Extracellular matrix
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Wild cherry
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Channel
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Clinical trial
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Melanocyte
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RIR
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Radiography
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Undermining
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Catchall
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Tensor
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ESATA
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Globular cluster
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Supercooling
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Remitting fever
X-ray binary
An X-ray binary system is a system formed from an "ordinary" star orbiting around a neutron star. Thanks to its intense gravitational field, the neutron star cannibalises its accompanying star, forming an accretion disk around it.
Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system accompanied by a continuous jet of matter.
(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC))
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