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birthline

noun

Etymology

From birth + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-✻
  4. inherited from *līną✻
  5. inherited from *līnǭ✻
  6. inherited from *līnā✻
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as birthline — “birth + line”

Definitions

  1. A predicted line on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that relates the effective…

    A predicted line on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that relates the effective temperature and luminosity of pre-main-sequence stars at the start of their contraction.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA