geocorona

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The region of ionized hydrogen (protons) that makes up the outermost region of the Earth's atmosphere (and by extension of other planets.)
  2. Analogs of the geocorona; Synonym of protonosphere.

Word forms

geocorona geocoronas

Etymology

From geo- + corona. From being the luminous part of the atmosphere, the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere.

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