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Definition of Thermosphere
1. Noun. The atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere.
Definition of Thermosphere
1. Noun. layer of the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thermosphere
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermosphere
Literary usage of Thermosphere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Planet Earth by David Steward (2002)
"600 80 < 16 0 Layers of the Atmosphere thermosphere Mesosphere Stratosphere
Troposphere Gas ... the thermosphere absorb X rays and gamma rays from the Sun, ..."
2. Plasma Physics Of The Local Cosmos by National Academies Press, National Academy of Sciences (U.S., National Research Council (U.S.), United States, Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2004)
"... a mechanical and electromagnetic coupling from the thermosphere to the ionosphere
and the magnetosphere. RADIATION-PLASMA INTERACTIONS Most of the ..."
3. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"But in the thermosphere. which also has quite a high temperature, the springs,
he thinks, would have sufficient opportunity to leach from the rocks the ..."
4. The Genesis of Ore Deposits by František Pošepný (1902)
"they have traversed a thermosphere. With equal heat and pressure, I am convinced,
they would get as much metal from our more basic rocks here at the surface ..."