Definitions

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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun astronomy The inner corona.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

leuco- +‎ sphere

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word leucosphere.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.