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atmospheric escape

atmospheric escape noun: the loss of planetary atmospheric gases to outer space.

Noun

atmospheric escape (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheric escapes)

  1. The loss of planetary atmospheric gases to outer space.

Forms of atmospheric escape

pluralatmospheric escapes

Questions about atmospheric escape

What does atmospheric escape mean?
Atmospheric escape means the loss of planetary atmospheric gases to outer space.
What part of speech is atmospheric escape?
Atmospheric escape is a noun.
What is the plural of atmospheric escape?
The plural of atmospheric escape is atmospheric escapes.

Words near atmospheric escape in the dictionary

  1. atmospheres
  2. atmospherial
  3. atmospheric
  4. atmospheric engine
  5. atmospheric engines
  6. atmospheric escape
  7. atmospheric escapes
  8. atmospheric hammer
  9. atmospheric hammers
  10. atmospheric oxygen
  11. atmospheric perspective

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