— Cepheid /see"fee id/ , adj.
/see"fee euhs, -fyoohs/ , n., gen. Cephei /-fee uy'/ for 1.
1. Astron. a northern circumpolar constellation between Cassiopeia and Draco.
2. Also, Kepheus . Class. Myth. an Ethiopian king, the husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda.