Eddington luminosity
nounEtymology Named after British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The maximum luminosity of a source where the continuum radiation force outwards balances the gravitational force inwards in hydrostatic equilibrium.
- Synonyms
- Eddington limit
- Derived terms
- sub-Eddington, subEddington, subeddington, super-Eddington, superEddington, supereddington
- Coordinate terms
- hyperluminous, ultraluminous