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CHROMOSPHERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("chromosphere" is a kind of...):
layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)
Holonyms ("chromosphere" is a part of...):
Sun (the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system)
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