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upper atmosphere

up·per at·mos·phere
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhp-er at-muh s-feer]
    • /ˈʌp ər ˈæt məsˌfɪər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhp-er at-muh s-feer]
    • /ˈʌp ər ˈæt məsˌfɪər/

Definitions of upper atmosphere words

  • noun upper atmosphere the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere. 1
  • noun upper atmosphere that part of the atmosphere above the troposphere 0
See all 2 definitions of upper atmosphere

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Origin of upper atmosphere

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Upper atmosphere

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Upper atmosphere

upper atmosphere popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for upper atmosphere

noun upper atmosphere

  • celestial sphere — an imaginary sphere of infinitely large radius enclosing the universe so that all celestial bodies appear to be projected onto its surface
  • aerospace — Aerospace companies are involved in developing and making rockets, missiles, space vehicles, and related equipment.
  • azure — Azure is used to describe things that are bright blue.
  • empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
All 4 Synonyms of upper atmosphere

Antonyms for upper atmosphere

noun upper atmosphere

  • earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
Just one Antonym for upper atmosphere

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