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Chromosphere

Chro′mo-sphere

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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)

  1. (astronomy) The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere

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