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thermospheric Definition


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thermosphere
noun
    1. meteorol.
      The layer of the Earth's atmosphere situated above the mesosphere, in which the temperature rises steadily with increasing height, although the actual heat content is very low because the air is so thin. Its lower limit is 80 km from ground level and includes the ionosphere.
Derivative: thermospheric
adj
    Etymology: 1920s: from thermo-.



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