chromospheric

Variant of chromosphere

chromosphere definition

chromo·sphere (-sfir′)

noun

the pinkish, glowing region around a star, esp. the sun, between the hot, dense photosphere and the much hotter, tenuous corona

Etymology: chromo- + -sphere

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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