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cepheid

cepheid adjective: of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae.

Adjective

cepheid (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae

Noun (1)

cepheid (plural cepheids)

  1. Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae

Noun (2) capitalized: Cepheid

Cepheid (plural Cepheids)

  1. A Cepheid variable.

cepheid meaning in Tamil

cepheid in Tamil

செபீடு, ஒளிமாறும் உடு, பொலிவு மாறும் விண்மீன், ஒளிர்வு மாறு விண்மீன் வகை

Forms of cepheid

pluralcepheids
pluralCepheids

Origin of cepheid

From Latin Cephei + -id, from Latin Cepheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Phrases with cepheid

Questions about cepheid

What does cepheid mean?
Cepheid means of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae.
What is cepheid in Tamil?
Cepheid in Tamil is செபீடு, ஒளிமாறும் உடு, பொலிவு மாறும் விண்மீன். See Cepheid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cepheid?
Cepheid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cepheid in the dictionary

  1. cepharanoline
  2. cepharanthine
  3. Cephas
  4. cephazolin
  5. cephazoline
  6. cepheid
  7. Cepheid variable
  8. Cepheid variables
  9. cepheids
  10. cephelixin
  11. cephem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cepheid (page history and authors); Cepheid (page history and authors); cepheid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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