Chromosphere

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere
  2. 2
    a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun wordnet

Etymology

From chromo- + -sphere.

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