English Explanatory Dictionary

protonosphere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of geocorona; a layer of the atmosphere.
  2. Analogs of the geocorona

Pronunciation

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Word forms

protonosphere protonospheres

Etymology

From proton + -o- + -sphere. From the content of this layer of the atmosphere being primarily protons (“positively ionized protium isotope of hydrogen”).

Synonyms

geocorona

Related words

atmosphere exosphere ignorosphere ionosphere mesosphere stratosphere thermosphere troposphere Hill sphere magnetosphere magnetotail Roche lobe sphere
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