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Mira variable

Mira variable noun: any of a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.

Noun

Mira variable (plural Mira variables)

  1. Any of a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.

Forms of Mira variable

pluralMira variables

Origin of Mira variable

Named after the prototype star Mira.

Questions about Mira variable

What does Mira variable mean?
Mira variable means any of a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.
What part of speech is Mira variable?
Mira variable is a noun.
What is the plural of Mira variable?
The plural of Mira variable is Mira variables.

Words near Mira variable in the dictionary

  1. mir
  2. Mira
  3. Mira Loma
  4. Mira Mesa
  5. Mira Monte
  6. Mira variable
  7. Mira variables
  8. miraa
  9. Mirab Soro
  10. Mirabal
  11. Mirabals

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