variable star

English

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Noun

variable star (plural variable stars)

1. (astronomy) Any star whose brightness varies.

Synonyms

• variable

Hyponyms

• cataclysmic variable
• Cepheid variable
• eclipsing variable

Translations

star whose brightness varies

• Azerbaijani: dəyişən ulduz
• Bengali: বিষমতারা (biśomtara)
• Bulgarian: променлива звезда f (promenliva zvezda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變星 / 变星 (zh) (biànxīng)

• Dutch: variabele ster f, veranderlijke ster f
• Finnish: muuttuva tähti, muuttuja (fi)
• French: étoile variable (fr) f
• Greek: μεταβλητός αστέρας m (metavlitós astéras)
• Irish: réalta athraitheach f
• Japanese: 変光星 (ja) (へんこうせい, henkōsei)
• Kazakh: айнымалы жұлдыз (aynımalı juldız)
• Korean: 변광성(變光星) (ko) (byeon'gwangseong)
• Kyrgyz: өзгөрмө жылдыз (özgörmö jıldız)
• Malayalam: ചരനക്ഷത്രം (caranakṣatraṁ)
• Persian: ستاره متغیر
• Polish: gwiazda zmienna f
• Portuguese: estrela variável f
• Scots: variable starn
• Serbo-Croatian: променљива звезда f (promenljiva zvezda)
• Swedish: variabel stjärna (sv)
• Tagalog: aligang tala
• Turkish: değişen yıldız (tr)
• Uzbek: oʻzgaruvchan yulduz
• Vietnamese: sao biến quang (𣋀變光)

See also

• binary star