"pseudomagnitude" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Alain Chelli, Gilles Duvert, Laurent Bourgès, Guillaume Mella, Sylvain Lafrasse, Daniel Bonneau, Olivier Chesneau, “Pseudomagnitudes and Differential Surface Brightness: Application to the apparent diameter of stars”, in Astronomy & Astrophysics, volume 2016",
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        "A measurement that gives an indication of size but which is not a true magnitude. For example some pseudomagnitude values can be negative."
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