Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superprominence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-promi-nence
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An exceedingly powerful, enormous solar prominence.

Example Sentences

"Since high densities and low temperatures favor condensation the major condensation takes place in the superprominence regions."
"2003, Bernard Schutz, Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity (Chapter 8, Page 85: Gravity in the Sun: Keeping the Heat On)https://www.gravityfromthegroundup.org/pdf/photonsunburn.pdf It shows a superprominence, the large loop of hot gas streaming out of the Sun."
"in 1972 Alfvén and a colleague, Gustaf Arrhenius, developed a detailed model of solar system formation which uses the filaments "superprominences", they called them -- to transfer the angular momentum."

Etymology

From super- + prominence.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

superprominences (plural)

Phrases

solar prominence solar flare coronal mass ejection

Frequently Paired Words

solar prominence solar flare superflare coronal mass ejection

Questions

What does superprominence mean?: An exceedingly powerful, enormous solar prominence.
Where does superprominence come from?: From super- + prominence.

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