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