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Table B.1

List of acronyms used in this paper.

Acronym Description
ACEP Anomalous Cepheid
ALL_SKY The celestial region excluding the LMC and SMC regions
Amp(G) Amplitude of the light variation in the G band
Amp(GBP) Amplitude of the light variation in the GBP band
Amp(GRP) Amplitude of the light variation in the GRP band
BLHER BL Herculis class of variables
CMD Colour Magnitude Diagram
DCEP Classical Cepheid (Population I)
dSph Dwarf spheroidal galaxy
DR Data Release
F Fundamental mode of pulsation
FO First overtone mode of pulsation
G Gaia photometric G-band
GBP Gaia photometric GBP band
GRP Gaia photometric GRP band
GC Globular cluster
LMC Large Magellanic Cloud
MW Milky Way
PA Period–Amplitude
PL Period–Luminosity
PW Period–Wesenheit
RRab RR Lyrae star of ab type
RRc RR Lyrae star of c type
RRd Double-mode RR Lyrae star
RVTAU RV Tauri class of variables
SMC Small Magellanic Cloud
SOS Specific Object Study
T2CEP Type II Cepheid (Population II)
WVIR W Virginis class of variables

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