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PHOTOSPHERE

Dictionary entry overview: What does photosphere mean?

• PHOTOSPHERE (noun)
The noun PHOTOSPHERE has 1 sense:

1. the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)

Familiarity information: PHOTOSPHERE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PHOTOSPHERE (noun)

Sense 1

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

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