PHOTOSPHERE


Meaning of PHOTOSPHERE in English

— photospheric /foh'teuh sfer"ik, -sfear"-/ , adj.

/foh"teuh sfear'/ , n.

1. a sphere of light or radiance.

2. Astron. the luminous visible surface of the sun, being a shallow layer of strongly ionized gases.

[ 1655-65; PHOTO- + -SPHERE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .