TRGB

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Ellipsis of TRGB star (“a star in this classification”).

Word forms

TRGB TRGBs

Related words

giant star red giant red giant branch red giant star star

Derived words

TRGB population TRGB star
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