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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name coined by Lockyer for the inner portion of the sun′ s corona: so called because of its whiteness, in contrast with the scarlet chromosphere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.), rare The inner corona.
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- noun astronomy The
inner corona .
Etymologies
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leuco- + sphere
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