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superprominence

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An exceedingly powerful, enormous solar prominence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 2003, Bernard Schutz, Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity (Chapter 8, Page 85: Gravity in the Sun: Keeping the Heat On)https://www.gravityfromthegroundup.org/pdf/photonsunburn.pdf It shows a superprominence, the large loop of hot gas streaming out of the Sun.

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History

Etymology

From super- + prominence.