ALL meanings of cepheid variable
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C c - noun cepheid variable any of a class of variable stars with regular cycles of variations in luminosity (most ranging from three to fifty days). There is a relationship between the periods of variation and the absolute magnitudes, which is used for measuring the distance of such stars 3
- noun cepheid variable a variable star in which changes in brightness are due to alternate contractions and expansions in volume. 1
- noun cepheid variable (astronomy) A radially pulsating (expanding and contracting) variable star with a regular period and known relationship between period and intrinsic brightness. 0