a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
1869. (14 April) Lockyer, in Proc. R. S., XVII. 416. Stars … may have their chromospheric light radiated from beyond the limb.
1871. trans. Schellen’s Spectr. Anal., App. 439. Catalogue of chromospheric lines.
1878. Newcomb, Pop. Astron., III. ii. 278. Hydrogen and other chromospheric gases.
