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pseudomagnitude

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + magnitude.

  1. derived from magnitūdō
  2. prefixed as pseudomagnitude — “pseudo + magnitude”

Definitions

  1. A measurement that gives an indication of size but which is not a true magnitude. For…

    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).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudomagnitude. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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