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prominences: see chromosphere chromosphere [Gr.,=color sphere], layer of rarefied, transparent gases in the solar atmosphere; it measures 6,000 mi (9,700 km) in thickness and lies between the photosphere (the sun's visible surface) and the corona (its outer atmosphere).
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No references found			Its surface is dotted all over with little conical prominences, looking not unlike the knobs, on an antiquated church door. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context This fertile and sheltered tract of country, in which the fields are never brown and the springs never dry, is bounded on the south by the bold chalk ridge that embraces the prominences of Hambledon Hill, Bulbarrow, Nettlecombe-Tout, Dogbury, High Stoy, and Bubb Down. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context The light, on a level with her chin, drew out of the darkness her puckered throat and the projecting wrist of the hand that clutched the quilt, and deepened fantastically the hollows and prominences of her high-boned face under its ring of crimping-pins. Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context			Prolonged Meritorious Service Proluvium PROM PROM blower PROM burner PROM monitor PROM programmer Promagistracy PROMAL promazine hydrochloride Prome Promedol promenade promenade concert promenade deck promenade tile Promeristem Promet, Lilli prometaphase Prometheus Promethium promethium cell promethium-147 Prominence Prominence Spectroscope prominences Promiscuity promiscuous mode Promised Land Promised Land State Park Promissory Note promo promontory Promoter Promoters Revolution Promotion prompt prompt box prompt critical prompt neutron prompt radiation prompter prompter's box Prompton State Park Promulgation promyelocyte Promyshlennaia Promyshlennaia Energetika Promyshlennoe Stroitelstvo Promyshlennovskii Promyshlennyi			promethium promethium cell Promethium-147 Promethius Promethius prometon prometon prometon prometone PROMETRA Prometra's Utilization in Mitigating Pain Prometrium Prometrium Prometrium prometryne Promi PROMICE Promicin Promicin promilitary PROMIMPS Promina Group Limited Promina Logic Module Promina Processor Module prominence prominence prominence prominence prominence Prominence Spectroscope prominences prominencies prominencies prominencies prominency prominency prominency prominens prominent prominent prominent prominent prominent aspect Prominent Being Phosphoprotein 39 prominent detail Prominent Fibromyxoid Stromal Response prominent heel prominent moth prominent moth prominent moth prominent moths prominent moths prominent moths Prominent North American Enterprise Linux Vendor Prominent Nuclei prominent object prominent part prominent point Prominent Point Processing Prominent Villain Prominent Villain

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