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EXOSPHERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The outermost atmospheric layer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("exosphere" is a kind of...):
layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)
Holonyms ("exosphere" is a part of...):
atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)