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Noun: solar prominence  'sow-lu(r) 'pró-mu-nun(t)s
  1. Large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometres above the chromosphere

Derived forms: solar prominences

Type of: solar radiation

Encyclopedia: Solar prominence

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