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BIOSPHERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("biosphere" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Holonyms ("biosphere" is a part of...):
major planet; planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)
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