CHROMOSPHERE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("chromosphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Holonyms ("chromosphere" is a part of...):

Sun (the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system)

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