troposphere
The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another…The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.
» The troposphere contains three-quarters of the mass of the entire atmosphere.
Die Troposphäre beinhaltet drei Viertel der Masse der gesamten Atmosphäre.
Meaning
1 sensesThe lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.
Troposphäre
тропосфе́раtroposféra
- the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
Examples
4 sentencesThe troposphere contains three-quarters of the mass of the entire atmosphere.
deDie Troposphäre beinhaltet drei Viertel der Masse der gesamten Atmosphäre.
Up to 75 percent of the mass of the atmosphere is in the troposphere.
ruДо 75% массы атмосферы сосредоточено в тропосфере.
Since most of the air is located closest to Earth’s surface, the troposphere is the densest layer of the atmosphere.
deDa sich die meiste Luft in der unmittelbaren Nähe der Erdoberfläche befindet, so ist die Troposphäre die Schicht mit der größten Dichte in der Atmosphäre.
The troposphere is between 8 and 14 kilometers thick depending on where you are on Earth. It’s thinnest at the North and South Pole.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French troposphère. Equivalent to tropo- + -sphere.Borrowed from French troposphère. Equivalent to tropo- + -sphere.
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Forms
plural: tropospheres| Singular | troposphere |
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