Dictionary

TRGB en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Tip of the Red Giant Branch; A classification of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for all stellar populations or of a given sample set, the end of the plot for stars existing on the red giant branch as it branches off from the main sequence.
   alt of Tip of the Red Giant Branch
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of TRGB star (“a star in this classification”).
   alt of TRGB star

Forms

Coordinates

distance ladder · AGB · standard candle · Hertzsprung-Russell · Cepheid variable · H-R diagram · type I supernova · Cepheid

Deriveds

TRGB population · TRGB star

Relateds

red giant star · star · red giant branch · red giant · giant star