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photosphere

pho·to·sphere
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foh-tuh-sfeer]
    • /ˈfoʊ təˌsfɪər/
    • /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.sfɪə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foh-tuh-sfeer]
    • /ˈfoʊ təˌsfɪər/

Definitions of photosphere word

  • noun photosphere a sphere of light or radiance. 1
  • noun photosphere Astronomy. the luminous visible surface of the sun, being a shallow layer of strongly ionized gases. 1
  • noun photosphere the visible surface of the sun, several hundred kilometres thick 0
  • noun photosphere the visible surface of the sun 0
See all 4 definitions of photosphere

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Origin of photosphere

First appearance:

before 1655
One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1655-65; photo- + -sphere

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Parts of speech for Photosphere

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Photosphere

photosphere popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • chromosphere

    a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere extending from the photosphere to the corona and visible during a total eclipse of the sun

  • supergranulation cell

    one of a number of large convection cells in the photosphere and chromosphere of the sun, each having a diameter of 10,000–20,000 miles (16,000–32,000 km) and lasting longer than a day.
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