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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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