Physics A-Level
Reversed temperature axis
What Reversed temperature axis means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Reversed temperature axis
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A deliberate convention that places hot blue stars on the left and cool red stars on the right, with temperature decreasing to the right.
Topics that use Reversed temperature axis
- The Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- absolute magnitude
- Giants and supergiants
- HR diagram
- Luminosity
- Main sequence
- Red giant branch
- spectral class
- Surface temperature axis
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