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Cepheid (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)

Origin: after Cepheus + -id

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