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troposphere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun troposphere has 1 sense
- troposphere(n = noun.object) Array - the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude); Array is a kind of layer
is a part of atmosphere
has parts: tropopause
OXFORD DICTIONARY
troposphere, n. a layer of atmospheric air extending from about 6-10 km upwards from the earth's surface, in which the temperature falls with increasing height (cf. STRATOSPHERE, IONOSPHERE).
Derivative
tropospheric adj.
Etymology
Gk tropos turning + SPHERE
THESAURUS
troposphere
Appleton layer, CAT, F layer, Heaviside-Kennelly layer, Van Allen belt, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, belt, bump, ceiling, chemosphere, crosswind, empty space, favorable wind, fog, front, head wind, high-pressure area, hole, ionosphere, isothermal region, jetstream, layer, low-pressure area, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere, overcast, photosphere, pocket, roughness, soup, space, stratosphere, stratum, substratosphere, tail wind, tropopause, trough, turbulence, upper atmosphere, visibility, visibility zero
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