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(Greek: one another, of one another; literally, "the other"; reciprocally; in mutual relation)
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recursion formula, recursion relation (s) (noun); recursion formulas, recursion relations (pl)
A procedure for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms: Oliver was trying to compute a group of quantities based on the recursion formula from a set of other groups that existed before.
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(A suffix forming nouns meaning: quality or condition: partnership; act, power, or skill: workmanship; relation between: friendship; office, position, or occupation: governorship; number: readership)
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mass-luminosity relation
An empirical relation between the mass and luminosity, both usually expressed in solar units, for main sequence stars.

For sunlike stars, the luminosity varies as the 3.5 power of the mass.

The power is smaller for lower mass stars.

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period-luminosity relation
A relation obeyed by cepheid variable stars (highly luminous yellow or orange super giant stars that varies regularly in brightness), and which states that the period of the changes in luminosity varies directly with the luminosity of the star.
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