xīng​děng

stellar magnitude

  • created sense approved 星等 · xīng​děng · stellar magnitude — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    星等

    xīng​děng

    stellar magnitude

    A measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial body. Lower values represent brighter objects. Common systems include [[目视星等|目視星等|mu4 shi4 xing1 deng3]] and [[绝对星等|絕對星等|jue2 dui4 xing1 deng3]].

    星 (literal) → 星 · xīng · star 等 (bound) → 等 · děng · class

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense