Adjective
Of or pertaining to the photosphere.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA reduction of this magnitude would correspond to a diminution in photospheric volume of about 41%. Source: Internet
In 1997, significant changes in the dust shell's morphology in one year were noted, suggesting that the shell is asymmetrically illuminated by a stellar radiation field strongly affected by the existence of photospheric hotspots. Source: Internet
Slowly changing high-speed streams of solar wind are emitted from coronal holes at the photospheric surface. Source: Internet
This fact has relevant physical consequences either on radiative processes (that are very different from the photospheric radiative processes), or on thermal conduction. Source: Internet
This is the same region in which Kervella's 2009 finding of a bright plume, possibly containing carbon and nitrogen and extending at least six photospheric radii in the southwest direction of the star, is believed to exist. Source: Internet