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PHOTOSPHERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("photosphere" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Holonyms ("photosphere" is a part of...):
Sun (the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system)