exosphere
/ˈɛksəʊsfɪə/US/ˈɛksoʊsfɪɚ/
exosphere noun: the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere.
Noun
exosphere (plural exospheres)
- the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
- an extremely thin atmosphere, as on Saturn's moon Dione
- "Scientists weren't even sure Dione would be big enough to hang on to an exosphere" ('Cassini Detects Hint of Fresh Air at Dione', , JPL, Mar. 02, 2012)
exosphere meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Malay and Indonesian
exosphere in Tamil
- புறக்காற்று மண்டலம் புற வாமேண்டலம், புறவளி மண்டலம்
exosphere in Gujarati
- exosphere
- બાહ્યમંડળ bāhyamaṇḍaḷ
exosphere in Malay
- the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
- eksosfera
exosphere in Indonesian
- the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
- eksosfer
More languagesFewer languages
- exosphere in Persian
- اگزوسفر egzosfer
- exosphere in Vietnamese
- tầng ngoài
Forms of exosphere
| plural | exospheres |
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Origin of exosphere
From exo- + -sphere.
Words formed from exosphere
Questions about exosphere
- What does exosphere mean?
- Exosphere means the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere.
- What is exosphere in Tamil?
- Exosphere in Tamil is புறக்காற்று மண்டலம் புற வாமேண்டலம், புறவளி மண்டலம். See Exosphere meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exosphere?
- Exosphere is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exosphere?
- Exosphere is pronounced /ˈɛksəʊsfɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of exosphere?
- The plural of exosphere is exospheres.
Words near exosphere in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exosphere (page history and authors); exosphere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બાહ્યમંડળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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