Exosphere

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
  2. 2
    the outermost atmospheric layer wordnet
  3. 3
    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)"

Example

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"The exosphere is the outermost layer of our atmosphere."

Etymology

From exo- + -sphere.

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