TROPOSPHERE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("troposphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Meronyms (parts of "troposphere"):

tropopause (the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere)

Holonyms ("troposphere" is a part of...):

atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)

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