Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The outermost layer of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and interplanetary space, where air becomes extremely thin and temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
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- noun layer of the Earth's
atmosphere directly above themesosphere and directly below theexosphere
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- noun the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
Etymologies
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Examples
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It also told me that the thermosphere is the hottest layer of the atmosphere.
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The fact that the layer in the upper atmosphere known as the thermosphere is shrunken and less dense means that satellites can more easily maintain their orbits.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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During that period the atmospheric layer called the thermosphere - from 55 miles to 300 miles above the Earth - cooled and shrank.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The layer of gas - called the thermosphere - is now rebounding again.
t r u t h o u t 2010
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The thermosphere is the layer of the atmosphere above the mesosphere.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The thermosphere is the layer of the atmosphere above the mesosphere.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Above the earth were the layers of the atmosphere—troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere—and above those was the void of space.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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Free moving particles in the thermosphere are preventing our departure from Los Angeles.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Above the earth were the layers of the atmosphere—troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere—and above those was the void of space.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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Consequently, measuring the temperature of thermosphere with a thermometer is a very difficult process.
Atmosphere layers 2010
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