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Nov 27, 2009
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chro•mo•sphere



Pronunciation: (krō'mu-sfēr"), [key]
n. Astron.
1. a scarlet, gaseous envelope surrounding the sun outside the photosphere, from which enormous quantities of hydrogen and other gases are erupted.
2. a gaseous envelope surrounding a star.

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