protonosphere

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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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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

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