birthline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

birth +‎ line

Noun[edit]

birthline (plural birthlines)

  1. (astronomy) A predicted line on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that relates the effective temperature and luminosity of pre-main-sequence stars at the start of their contraction.
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