protonosphere

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

protonosphere (plural protonospheres)

1. (Earth's atmosphere, chiefly uncountable) Synonym of geocorona; a layer of the atmosphere.
2. (meteorology, plasma physics, space physics, countable) Analogs of the geocorona

Synonyms

• geocorona

 

Coordinate terms

• geocorona

 

Related terms

• atmosphere
• exosphere
• ignorosphere
• ionosphere
• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere

 

Translations

Translations

• French: protonosphère
• Spanish: protonósfera, protonosfera

See also

• Hill sphere
• magnetosphere
• magnetotail
• Roche lobe
• sphere