Contextualizebeta

standard candle

noun

Definitions

  1. Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated…

    Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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