hyperluminous
adjEtymology From hyper- + luminous.
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Extremely luminous
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Astronomy, Natural sciences Extremely luminous, more luminous than that classified as ultraluminous.
- Derived terms
- HLIRG, HLX
- Related terms
- luminous, subluminous, superluminous, ultraluminous
- Coordinate terms
- Eddington limit, Eddington luminosity, super-Eddington