exosphere

Noun

Meaning

the outermost atmospheric layer

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

area space air room atmosphere sky span heaven aerial ether venue airspace air pollution mesosphere aerospace

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Antonyms

terrain

Hypernyms

layer

Examples

It consists of oxygen and carbon dioxide in proportion of roughly 5 to 2. The surface density of the exosphere is from 10 5 to 10 6 molecules in a cubic centimeter depending on local temperature. Source: Internet

Orbital characteristics Objects in LEO encounter atmospheric drag from gases in the thermosphere (approximately 80–500 km up) or exosphere (approximately 500 km and up), depending on orbit height. Source: Internet

The relative lack of dust is due to aerodynamic drag from the extended exosphere corona of Uranus. Source: Internet

Earth atmosphere diagram showing the exosphere and other layers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

exosomic exosomopathy exosortase exospheric exosporal exospore