"variable star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: variable stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} variable star (plural variable stars)
  1. (astronomy) Any star whose brightness varies. Wikipedia link: variable star Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms: variable Hyponyms: cataclysmic variable, Cepheid variable, eclipsing variable Related terms: binary star Translations (star whose brightness varies): dəyişən ulduz (Azerbaijani), বিষমতারা (biśomtara) (Bengali), 變星 (Chinese Mandarin), 变星 (biànxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), variabele ster [feminine] (Dutch), veranderlijke ster [feminine] (Dutch), muuttuva tähti (Finnish), muuttuja (Finnish), étoile variable [feminine] (French), réalta athraitheach [feminine] (Irish), 変光星 (henkōsei) (alt: へんこうせい) (Japanese), айнымалы жұлдыз (ainymaly jūldyz) (Kazakh), 변광성 (byeon'gwangseong) (alt: 變光星) (Korean), өзгөрмө жылдыз (özgörmö jıldız) (Kyrgyz), ചരനക്ഷത്രം (caranakṣatraṁ) (Malayalam), ستاره متغیر (Persian), estrela variável [feminine] (Portuguese), variable starn (Scots), променљива звезда (promenljiva zvezda) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), variabel stjärna (Swedish), aligang tala (Tagalog), değişen yıldız (Turkish), oʻzgaruvchan yulduz (Uzbek), sao biến quang (alt: 𣋀變光) (Vietnamese)

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          "alt": "へんこうせい",
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          "word": "変光星"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "word": "dəyişən ulduz"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
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    },
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      "alt": "へんこうせい",
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      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "変光星"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "變光星",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeon'gwangseong",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "변광성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "özgörmö jıldız",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "өзгөрмө жылдыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "caranakṣatraṁ",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "ചരനക്ഷത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "ستاره متغیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrela variável"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "variable starn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "promenljiva zvezda",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "променљива звезда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "variabel stjärna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "aligang tala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "değişen yıldız"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "oʻzgaruvchan yulduz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𣋀變光",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "star whose brightness varies",
      "word": "sao biến quang"
    }
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  "word": "variable star"
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