the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Human geography, Atmosphere and climate.Stratosphere
the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
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the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Geography, Atmosphere and climate.Words connected by meaning
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(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the ba…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: atmospheric, layer, troposphere, mesosphere.Explore Academic Dictionary
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