"photosphere" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-photosphere.wav [UK] Forms: photospheres [plural]
Etymology: photo- + -sphere Etymology templates: {{confix|en|photo|sphere}} photo- + -sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} photosphere (plural photospheres)
  1. (astronomy) A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun. Categories (topical): Astronomy Related terms: photon sphere (english: a part of a black hole) Translations (A visible surface layer of a star): fotosfeer (Afrikaans), fotosfera (Basque), fotosfera [feminine] (Catalan), 光球 (guāngqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), fotosfääri (Finnish), Photosphäre [feminine] (German), φωτόσφαιρα (fotósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), ljóshvolf [neuter] (Icelandic), 光球 (kōkyū) (alt: こうきゅう) (Japanese), 광구 (gwanggu) (Korean), fotosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fotosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fotosfera (Polish), fotosfera [feminine] (Portuguese), фотосфе́ра (fotosféra) [feminine] (Russian), fotosfera [feminine] (Spanish), sugbulog (Tagalog), quang cầu (Vietnamese)

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