Usually means: Astronomical object with known brightness.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. standard candle: Merriam-Webster
  2. standard candle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. standard candle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. standard candle: Vocabulary.com
  5. standard candle: Wordnik
  6. standard candle: Wiktionary
  7. standard candle: Dictionary.com
  8. Standard candle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. standard candle: Rhymezone
  10. standard candle: FreeDictionary.org
  11. standard candle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. standard candle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standard candle: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Standard Candle: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Standard Candle: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (standard candle)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude.

Similar:
CD, candela, candle, standard ruler, clockstar, reference star, clock star, standard star, uranometry, semidiameter, more...

Opposite:
variable star, non-standard candle

Types:
Cepheid variable, RR Lyrae variable, Type Ia supernova, Type II supernova, novae, blazars, more...

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Similar:
CD, candela, candle, standard ruler, clockstar, reference star, clock star, standard star, uranometry, semidiameter, more...

Opposite:
variable star, non-standard candle

Types:
Cepheid variable, RR Lyrae variable, Type Ia supernova, Type II supernova, novae, blazars, more...



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