An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A → solar prominence of relatively cool material that hovers over Sun’s surface for weeks or months with relatively little overall change. Such prominences are suspended above the → chromosphere
by → magnetic fields. A quiescent prominence may suddenly erupt outward and dissipate, often to be replaced, in the same location, by a new one. See also → eruptive prominence; → loop prominence.

See also: → quiescent; → prominence.