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Hertz'sprung-Rus'sell di"agram



Pronunciation: (hârt'sproong-rus'ul), [key] Astron.
the graph showing the absolute magnitude plotted against the surface temperature for a group of stars. Also called H-R diagram.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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