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Noun: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
  1. (astronomy) a plot of the absolute magnitude of stars versus their colour (or effective temperature); shows the main sequence of stars plus the white dwarfs and red giants
    - color-magnitude diagram [US]

Derived forms: Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

Encyclopedia: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram