the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
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Troposphere
the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
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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"
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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: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.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: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.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: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lowest, atmospheric, layer, miles, high.double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner…
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