Eclipsing p. pr. & vb. n. : of Eclipse

Example:
What is meant by the light curve of an Eclipsing binary? What sorts of information can be determined from such?

Taxonomy
binary star, orbit, binaries, star, double stars, mass, eclipsing binary, two stars, companion, visual binaries, spectroscopic binaries, pairs, eclipsing binaries, spectroscopic binary, Planets, binary systems, Roche lobe, gas.

Defination from the web:
eclipsing binary), Sirius, and Cygnus X-1 (of which one member is probably a black hole) ... In the last decade, measurement of eclipsing binaries' fundamental parameters has become possible with 8 meter class telescopes. ...