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footpoint

footpoint noun: the region at which tubes of magnetic field lines reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.

Noun

footpoint (plural footpoints)

  1. The region at which tubes of magnetic field lines reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.

Forms of footpoint

pluralfootpoints

Origin of footpoint

From foot + point.

Questions about footpoint

What does footpoint mean?
Footpoint means the region at which tubes of magnetic field lines reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.
What part of speech is footpoint?
Footpoint is a noun.
What is the plural of footpoint?
The plural of footpoint is footpoints.

Words near footpoint in the dictionary

  1. footplay
  2. footplough
  3. footploughs
  4. footplow
  5. footplows
  6. footpoint
  7. footpoints
  8. footpole
  9. footpoles
  10. footpost
  11. footposts

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