"main sequence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: main sequences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main sequence (plural main sequences)
  1. (astronomy) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature. Categories (topical): Stars Translations (major grouping of stars): 主序帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 主序带 (zhǔxùdài) (Chinese Mandarin), hovedserien [common-gender] (Danish), pääsarja (Finnish), séquence principale [feminine] (French), príomhsheicheamh [masculine] (Irish), 主系列 (shukeiretsu) (alt: しゅけいれつ) (Japanese), негізгі тізбек (negızgı tızbek) (Kazakh), бас тізбек (bas tızbek) (Kazakh), ciąg główny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-main_sequence-en-noun-mAWRAdLU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'major grouping of stars': 97 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see main, sequence. Derived forms: main-sequence star, pre-main-sequence star
    Sense id: en-main_sequence-en-noun-Nvy3BnFm

Inflected forms

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