BIOSPHERE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("biosphere" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Holonyms ("biosphere" is a part of...):

major planet; planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)

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