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luminosity distance

luminosity distance noun: an estimate of the distance of a body based on its luminosity and the inverse square law.

Noun

luminosity distance (plural luminosity distances)

  1. An estimate of the distance of a body based on its luminosity and the inverse square law.

Forms of luminosity distance

pluralluminosity distances

Questions about luminosity distance

What does luminosity distance mean?
Luminosity distance means an estimate of the distance of a body based on its luminosity and the inverse square law.
What part of speech is luminosity distance?
Luminosity distance is a noun.
What is the plural of luminosity distance?
The plural of luminosity distance is luminosity distances.

Words near luminosity distance in the dictionary

  1. luminopsins
  2. luminoscope
  3. luminoscopes
  4. luminosities
  5. luminosity
  6. luminosity distance
  7. luminosity distances
  8. luminosity function
  9. luminotherapy
  10. luminous
  11. luminous energies

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