单词 | chromosphere |
释义 | chromosphere Astron.|ˈkrəʊməsfɪə(r)| [f. chromo- 2 + sphere. The form of this word has been objected to in favour of chromatosphere. But although the latter shows the usual Greek type of compounds from ns. in -µα, -µατ-, the shortened form was also used: see e.g. the compounds in σπερµο- for σπερµατο-, also those in ὑδρο- not ὑδατο-.] The red gaseous envelope round the sun, outside the photosphere. stellar chromosphere: the gaseous envelope supposed to exist round a star.
1868Lockyer in Phil. Trans. 19 Nov. CLIX. 430 The continuity of this envelope, which I propose to name the Chromosphere, a name suggested by Dr. Sharpey. 1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. 288 Hydrogen is found..surrounding the luminous portions of the sun's body as a zone of incandescent gas, termed the solar chromosphere. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xxi. 367 Above the luminous photosphere is another envelope known as the chromosphere. 1879Newcomb & Holden Astron. 304 The chromosphere or sierra. |

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