cepheid
pronunciation
How to pronounce cepheid in British English:
UK ['kɪfaɪd]
How to pronounce cepheid in American English:
US ['kɪfaɪd]
Word Origin
- Cepheid (n.)
- type of variable star, 1904, from Delta Cephi, the name of the first such star identified, which is in the dim northern constellation Cephus, named for Greek Kepheus, a mythical king. With -id.
Example
- 1. A cepheid 's distance can thus be calculated with great accuracy .
- 2. That would be enough to heat the core slightly and this heating would , in turn , accelerate the cepheid 's pulse rate .
- 3. Time the beam right and the star could be turned , in effect , into an fm transmitter-broadcasting to the universe on the underlying carrier-wave of the cepheid 's pulsation .