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photosphere|ˈfəʊtəsfɪə(r)|
[f. photo- + Gr. σϕαῖρα ball, sphere.]
1. A sphere or orb of light, radiance, or glory. (In mod. use only as fig. from 2.)
1664H. More Myst. Iniq., Apol. iii. §15. 503 Though..Christ be surrounded with Gleams and Raies of inaccessible Light and Glory, which envelop his Body,..yet if any mortal could get within this so refulgent Photosphere (as I may so call it) or Orb of glory and brightness [etc.]. 1878Symonds Shelley v. 97 The central motive of Laon and Cythna is surrounded by so radiant a photosphere of imagery and eloquence that it is difficult to fix our gaze upon it. 1891T. Hardy Tess II. xiv, Her hopes mingled with the sun⁓shine in an ideal photosphere which surrounded her as she bounded along the soft south wind.
2. Astron. The luminous envelope of the sun (or a star), from which its light and heat radiate.
1848Herschel Ess. (1857) 287 A self-luminous nebulous matter, of a vaporous or gaseous nature, of which these photospheres, and, perhaps, some entire nebulæ, may consist. 1861W. Fairbairn Addr. Brit. Assoc., The remarkable discoveries of Kirchoff and Bunsen require us to believe that a solid or liquid photosphere is seen through an atmosphere containing iron, sodium, lithium, and other metals in a vaporous condition. 1893Sir R. Ball Story of Sun 137 That envelope of glowing clouds surrounding the Sun which we call the photosphere. |