intrinsic luminosity

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intrinsic luminosity [in′trin·sik ‚lü·mə′näs·əd·ē]

(astrophysics)

The total amount of radiation emitted by a star over a specified range of wavelengths.

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No references found			Because these supernovas have roughly the same intrinsic luminosity, their apparent brightness indicates their distance from Earth. Repulsive force in the cosmos? by Cowen, Ron / Science News Matching the inferred rate of star formation to both the rate and spectra of observed gamma-ray bursts, and assuming that gamma-ray bursts all have about the same intrinsic luminosity, Ralph A. Gamma-ray bursts: farther and brighter? by Cowen, R. / Science News They all have the same intrinsic luminosity, like light bulbs of a single wattage. New thinking about the ages of old stars by Science News			intrauterine intrauterine device intravaginal intravascular intravenous intraventricular heart block intravesical intravital intravital stain intrazonal soil Intrazonal Vegetation Intrazonality Intrigue intrinsic intrinsic asthma intrinsic conductivity intrinsic contact potential difference intrinsic detector intrinsic electric strength Intrinsic Equations of a Curve intrinsic factor intrinsic flux density Intrinsic Geometry of a Surface intrinsic induction intrinsic layer intrinsic luminosity intrinsic mobility intrinsic nerve supply intrinsic parity intrinsic photoconductivity intrinsic photoemission intrinsic pressure intrinsic procedure intrinsic property intrinsic protein intrinsic safety intrinsic semiconductor intrinsic temperature range intrinsic tracer intrinsic variable star intrinsic viscosity intrinsic-barrier diode intrinsic-barrier transistor Intrinsics Introduction Introduction of Plants introductory column introfaction introgressive hybridization introit introitus			intrinsic factor intrinsic factor intrinsic factor Intrinsic Factor-Cobalamin Receptor Intrinsic Failure Rate intrinsic flux density intrinsic fraud intrinsic fraud Intrinsic Free intrinsic geometry of a surface Intrinsic Heart Rate Observed intrinsic host determinants intrinsic host determinants intrinsic host determinants intrinsic host determinants intrinsic induction Intrinsic Jitter Spectrum Intrinsic Josephson Junctions Intrinsic Landscape Aesthetic Resource Information System intrinsic layer Intrinsic lesions Intrinsic lesions Intrinsic lesions Intrinsic Level Recovery Intrinsic light Intrinsic light Intrinsic light Intrinsic light Intrinsic Low Dimensional Manifold Intrinsic Low-Dimensional Manifold intrinsic luminosity Intrinsic Lymphatic Partition Rate Intrinsic mass Intrinsic Membrane Protein intrinsic minus hand deformity intrinsic mobility Intrinsic Mode Function Intrinsic motion Intrinsic motion Intrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation intrinsic muscle intrinsic muscle intrinsic muscle intrinsic muscles intrinsic muscles of the tongue intrinsic nature intrinsic nerve intrinsic nerve intrinsic nerve intrinsic nerve intrinsic nerve supply Intrinsic Option Value Intrinsic Option Values Intrinsic Order Criterion Intrinsic parity Intrinsic pathway Intrinsic pathway Intrinsic pathway

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