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photosphere

  • noun

A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.

Other meanings

  1. A 360-degree panoramic photograph that provides a full view of a scene from all angles.

A kind of

  • surface

Related words

  • photospheric
  • pseudophotosphere

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “photosphere” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.