absolute magnitude

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   (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

   Broadermagnitude

   astronomy

Questions about absolute magnitude

What does absolute magnitude mean?

absolute magnitude means "(astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth".

Is absolute magnitude a common word?

absolute magnitude is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.