ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absolute magnitude mean? 

• ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (noun)
  The noun ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE has 1 sense:

1. (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

  Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("absolute magnitude" is a kind of...):

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)