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period-luminosity relation

[ peer-ee-uhd-loo-muh-nos-i-tee ]

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of period-luminosity relation1

First recorded in 1945–50

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periodizationperiod of revolution