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Leavitt law

Leavitt law proper noun: the relationship of direct proportionality between the luminosity of pulsating variable stars and their pulsation periods.

Proper noun

the Leavitt law

  1. The relationship of direct proportionality between the luminosity of pulsating variable stars and their pulsation periods.

Origin of Leavitt law

Discovered in 1908 by Henrietta Swan Leavitt.

Questions about Leavitt law

What does Leavitt law mean?
Leavitt law means the relationship of direct proportionality between the luminosity of pulsating variable stars and their pulsation periods.
What part of speech is Leavitt law?
Leavitt law is a proper noun.

Words near Leavitt law in the dictionary

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