| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,900,208,313 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
extrinsic variable star |
0.01 sec. |
|
|
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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|