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pseudomagnitudes

pseudomagnitudes is the plural of pseudomagnitude.

Meaning of pseudomagnitude

Noun

pseudomagnitude (plural pseudomagnitudes)

  1. A measurement that gives an indication of size but which is not a true magnitude. For example some pseudomagnitude values can be negative.
    • It makes use of two new reddening-free concepts: a distance indicator called pseudomagnitude, and a quasi-experimental observable that is independent of distance and specific to each star, called the differential surface brightness (DSB).2016, Alain Chelli, Gilles Duvert, Laurent Bourgès, Guillaume Mella, Sylvain Lafrasse, Daniel Bonneau, Olivier Chesneau, “Pseudomagnitudes and Differential Surface Brightness: Application to the...

Questions about pseudomagnitudes

What is pseudomagnitudes the plural of?
Pseudomagnitudes is the plural of pseudomagnitude.

Words near pseudomagnitudes in the dictionary

  1. pseudolysogens
  2. pseudolysogeny
  3. Pseudomacedonism
  4. pseudomagnetic
  5. pseudomagnitude
  6. pseudomagnitudes
  7. pseudomalachite
  8. pseudomalachites
  9. pseudomalaria
  10. pseudomale
  11. pseudomales

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