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noun
The region of ionized hydrogen (protons) that makes up the outermost region of the Earth's atmosphere (and by extension of other planets.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: Earth's atmosphere
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Analogs of the geocorona; Synonym of protonosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: plasma physics; space physics; plasma physics; space physics
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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History
From geo- + corona. From being the luminous part of the atmosphere, the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere.
Across languages
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