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preatmospheric

preatmospheric adjective: describing a meteoroid as it approaches the atmosphere.

Adjective

preatmospheric (not comparable)

  1. Describing a meteoroid as it approaches the atmosphere

Origin of preatmospheric

From pre- + atmospheric.

Questions about preatmospheric

What does preatmospheric mean?
Preatmospheric means describing a meteoroid as it approaches the atmosphere.
What part of speech is preatmospheric?
Preatmospheric is an adjective.

Words near preatmospheric in the dictionary

  1. preasthmatic
  2. preasymptotic
  3. preataxic
  4. preatheroma
  5. preatherosclerotic
  6. preatmospheric
  7. preatomic
  8. preatrial
  9. preatrium
  10. preattached
  11. preattachment

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