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Filament

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000968

A mass of gas suspended over the photosphere by magnetic fields
and seen as dark lines threaded over the solar disk. A filament
on the limb of the sun seen in emission against the dark sky is
called a prominence.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000968
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000968",
  "term": "Filament",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A mass of gas suspended over the photosphere by magnetic fields\nand seen as dark lines threaded over the solar disk. A filament\non the limb of the sun seen in emission against the dark sky is\ncalled a prominence.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/filament/"
}

Record 969 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.