Usually means: Variable stars with pulsation periods.
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  1. Cepheid: Merriam-Webster
  2. cepheid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Cepheid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cepheid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cepheid, cepheid: Wordnik
  6. cepheid: Wiktionary
  7. Cepheid: Dictionary.com
  8. Cepheid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Cepheid: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Cepheid: Merriam-Webster

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  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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  1. Cepheid: Encyclopedia

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  1. Cepheid: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cepheid)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae
▸ noun:  (zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae
▸ noun:  (astronomy) A Cepheid variable.

Similar:
cephalous, cetacean, cnephasiine, ziphiid, cephalate, ophidioid, zygokrotaphic, caudate, acephalan, xiphioid, more...

Opposite:
constant star, or stable star.

Types:
RR Lyrae, W Virginis, Delta Cephei, more...

Phrases:
cepheid variables, cepheid variable, Classical Cepheid variable, more...

Adjectives:
classical, typical, nearest, average, single, day, distant, particular, nearby, normal, little

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Similar:
cephalous, cetacean, cnephasiine, ziphiid, cephalate, ophidioid, zygokrotaphic, caudate, acephalan, xiphioid, more...

Opposite:
constant star, or stable star.

Types:
RR Lyrae, W Virginis, Delta Cephei, more...

Phrases:
cepheid variables, cepheid variable, Classical Cepheid variable, more...

Adjectives:
classical, typical, nearest, average, single, day, distant, particular, nearby, normal, little



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