extrinsic variable star

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extrinsic variable star [ek¦strinz·ik ‚ver·ē·ə·bəl ′stär]

(astronomy)

A variable star, such as an eclipsing variable, whose variation in apparent brightness is due to some external cause, rather than to actual variaiton in the amount of radiation emitted.

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