geocorona
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[edit]From geo- + corona. From being the luminous part of the atmosphere, the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere.
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[edit]geocorona (plural geocoronas)
- (Earth's atmosphere, chiefly uncountable) The region of ionized hydrogen (protons) that makes up the outermost region of the Earth's atmosphere (and by extension of other planets.)
- (meteorology, plasma physics, space physics, by extension) Analogs of the geocorona; Synonym of protonosphere
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