cepheid

Variant of Cepheid (variable)

Cepheid (variable) definition

Ceph·eid (variable) (sef′ē id, sē′fē-)

noun

any of a class of pulsating, yellow, supergiant stars whose brightness varies in regular periods: from the period-luminosity relation, the distance of such a star can be determined
sometimes cepheid (variable)

Etymology: after Cepheus + -id

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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