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photosphere

photosphere noun: a visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.

Noun

photosphere (plural photospheres)

  1. A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.
  2. A 360-degree panoramic photograph that provides a full view of a scene from all angles.

photosphere meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Vietnamese

photosphere in Tamil

ஒளி மண்டலம், ஒளிமண்டலம், பாட்டாஸ்ஃபியர், ஒளிக்கோளம்

photosphere in Kannada

ಹೊಳಪುಗೋಳ, ಬೆಳಗೋಳ, ತೇಜೋಮಂಡಲ

photosphere in Tagalog

a visible surface layer of a star
sugbulog

photosphere in Vietnamese

a visible surface layer of a star
quang cầu

Forms of photosphere

pluralphotospheres

Origin of photosphere

From photo- + -sphere.

Words formed from photosphere

Questions about photosphere

What does photosphere mean?
Photosphere means a visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.
What is photosphere in Tamil?
Photosphere in Tamil is ஒளி மண்டலம், ஒளிமண்டலம், பாட்டாஸ்ஃபியர். See Photosphere meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photosphere?
Photosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of photosphere?
The plural of photosphere is photospheres.

Words near photosphere in the dictionary

  1. photospectroscope
  2. photospectroscopes
  3. photospectroscopic
  4. photospectroscopically
  5. photospectroscopy
  6. photosphere
  7. photospheres
  8. photospheric
  9. photospread
  10. photospreads
  11. photostabilities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photosphere (page history and authors); photosphere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photosphere (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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