period-luminosity relation
[peer-ee-uh d-loo-muh-nos-i-tee]
noun Astronomy.
the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.
Origin of period-luminosity relation
First recorded in 1945–50
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