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main sequence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
main se-quence
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see main, sequence.

Inflected Forms

main sequences (plural)

Phrases

main-sequence star pre-main-sequence star

Questions

What does main sequence mean?
A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.

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