A cataclysmic variable whose white dwarf magnetic field does not dominate the large-scale accretion flow. It normally supports an accretion disk fed through Roche-lobe overflow. The term does not rule out a magnetized donor star or magnetic braking of a binary star.
The bright region where the stream from Roche-lobe overflow strikes an accretion disk. Dissipation of relative kinetic energy produces a localized source of light whose visibility changes around the orbital period.
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