PHOTOSPHERE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)

Holonyms ("photosphere" 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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