chromosphere : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chromosphere	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chromosphere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chromosphere n 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chromosphere \Chro"mosphere\, n. [Gr. [?] color + E. sphere.] (Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere* are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.