Cepheid variable

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A radially pulsating (expanding and contracting) variable star with a regular period and known relationship between period and intrinsic brightness.

词形变化

Cepheid variables plural

词源

From Latin Delta Cephei, the first such star identified. From Cepheus, the name of the constellation in which such stars were first discovered. From being a star with variable brightness.
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