Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any star whose brightness varies.

    a star that varies noticeably in brightness

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.

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Translations

4 languages

Forms

plural: variable stars
Singularvariable star
Pluralvariable stars

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
variable
Close in meaning
  • a star that varies noticeably in brightness:variable

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbinary star

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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