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Chromosphere
Chro′mo-sphere
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] color + E.
sphere
.] (Astron.)
An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.
Definition 2024
chromosphere
chromosphere
See also: chromosphère
English
Noun
chromosphere (plural chromospheres)
- (astronomy) The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere
Translations
the faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope
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