Usually means: Stars pulsating in brightness regularly.
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  1. cepheid variable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Cepheid variable: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Cepheid variable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cepheid variable)

noun:  (astronomy) A radially pulsating (expanding and contracting) variable star with a regular period and known relationship between period and intrinsic brightness.

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