Dictionary

exosphere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛksoʊsfɪɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈɛksəʊsfɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From exo- + -sphere.

Meanings

1. the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
2. 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)

Forms

Deriveds

exospheric

Translations (49)

sq egzosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · el εξώσφαιρα (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · tk ekzosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · be экзасфера (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ro exosferă (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · sk exosféra (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · de Exosphäre (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · az ekzosfer (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · cmn 外氣層 /外气层 (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ja 外気圏 (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ca exosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · fi eksosfääri (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · sh egzosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ru экзосфе́ра (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · es exosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · eu exosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · fa اگزوسفر (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · sh егзосфера (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · pt exosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · eo eksosfero (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · nb eksosfære (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · sv exosfär (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · fr exosphère (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ky экзосфера (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · da exosfære (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · id eksosfer (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · hu exoszféra (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · lt egzosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · et eksosfäär (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · gl exosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · lv eksosfēra (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · nn eksosfære (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ht egzosfè (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · vi tầng ngoài (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · cmn 散逸層 /散逸层 (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · hy էկզոսֆերա (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · pl egzosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ga eisisféar (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ms eksosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · uk екзосфера (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · is úthvolf (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · cs exosféra (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · nl exosfeer (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · it esosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · tr ekzosfer (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · oc exosfèra (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · kk экзосфера (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · ka ეგზოსფერო (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere) · sl eksosfera (the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere)