re|vers|ing layer

re|vers|ing layer
re|vers|ing layer «rih VUR sihng»,
the thin innermost layer of the atmosphere of the sun and other stars: »

The reversing layer is a mass of vapors, entirely of the earthly elements, that stretches some 1200 miles above the photosphere (Bernhard, Bennett, and Rice).


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