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Webster 1913 Edition

Photosphere

Pho′to-sphere

,

Noun.

[

Photo-

+

sphere

.]

A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.

Definition 2024

photosphere

photosphere

See also: photosphère

English

Noun

photosphere ‎(plural photospheres)

(astronomy) A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.

Translations

A visible surface layer of a star

Basque: fotosfera
Catalan: fotosfera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 光球 (zh) ‎(guāngqiú)
German: Photosphäre (de) f
Greek: φωτόσφαιρα (el) f ‎(fotósfaira)
Japanese: 光球 ‎(こうきゅう, kōkyū)
Korean: 광구 (ko) ‎(gwanggu)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: fotosfære (no) m

Nynorsk: fotosfære m
Polish: fotosfera (pl)
Portuguese: fotosfera f
Russian: фотосфе́ра (ru) f ‎(fotosféra)
Spanish: fotosfera f
Tagalog: sugbulog

External links

“photosphere” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).