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Wilson-Bappu effect

Wilson-Bappu effect noun: the correlation between the measured width of the calcium II K emission line and the absolute visual magnitude of a star.

Noun

Wilson-Bappu effect

  1. (spectroscopy) The correlation between the measured width of the calcium II K emission line and the absolute visual magnitude of a star.

Origin of Wilson-Bappu effect

Named after Olin Chaddock Wilson and Vainu Bappu.

Questions about Wilson-Bappu effect

What does Wilson-Bappu effect mean?
Wilson-Bappu effect means the correlation between the measured width of the calcium II K emission line and the absolute visual magnitude of a star.
What part of speech is Wilson-Bappu effect?
Wilson-Bappu effect is a noun.

Words near Wilson-Bappu effect in the dictionary

  1. Wilson's tern
  2. Wilson's thrush
  3. Wilson's thyroid syndrome
  4. Wilson's warbler
  5. Wilson's warblers
  6. Wilson-Bappu effect
  7. Wilson-Mikity syndrome
  8. Wilson-Turner syndrome
  9. Wilsonia
  10. Wilsonian
  11. Wilsonianism

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