Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The waters of the earth's surface as distinguished from those of the lithosphere and the atmosphere.
- n. The water vapor in the earth's atmosphere.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The aqueous envelop of the globe. The term is used in contradistinction to atmosphere, to designate the moisture which the atmosphere always contains, and which therefore surrounds the globe, just as the atmosphere itself does.
[Rare.]
Wiktionary
- n. All the waters of the Earth, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Meteor.) The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.
- n. (Phys. Geog.) The aqueous envelope of the earth, including the ocean, all lakes, streams, and underground waters, and the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
Examples
“GEOG 108: Introduction to Physical Geography I - A first year course dealing with the study of the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere.”
“While admitting that the idea remained one of the greatest uncertainties in Mars research, they added that: "Our findings lend credence to the hypothesis that an ocean formed on early Mars as part of a global and active hydrosphere.”
“She did not recall if there was a debate on evolution and creationism, nor did she recall mention of hydrosphere theory or water canopies.”
Freshwater April 29 & 30: Exploiting kids - The Panda's Thumb
“She did not recall Freshwater teaching about hydrosphere theory.”
Freshwater April 29 & 30: Exploiting kids - The Panda's Thumb
“In cross she conceded that she had told Millstone that Freshwater taught hydrosphere theory, that tracks showed that dinosaurs and humans had lived at the same time, that Mt.”
Freshwater: (Lightly) annotated index to Freshwater-related Thumb posts - The Panda's Thumb
“You can't pollute something with no atmosphere, hydrosphere and ecology.”
“We need to use robotic drilling and definitive testing on Mars to penetrate what is probably the only potential biogenesis and evolutionary environment on Mars that has been stable for 3.8 billion years, namely, the cryosphere-hydrosphere interface below the surface.”
Former NAC Chair Jack Schmitt Quits Planetary Society Over New Roadmap - NASA Watch
“But your use of the phrase “hydrosphere assault cannon” in a previous comment suggests otherwise.”
“Primary energy sources of the atmosphere and oceans are derived from solar radiation, terrestrial heat flow, volcanism and hydrothermal activity, reinforced or mitigated by feedback effects from the hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere.”
“The biosphere is the biological component of earth systems, which also include the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and other "spheres" (e.g. cryosphere, anthrosphere, etc.).”
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ENVI - general
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Links Spelling Bee 2012
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Driftology
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