"ionosphere" meaning in English

See ionosphere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-ionosphere.wav Forms: ionospheres [plural]
Etymology: From iono- + -sphere. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|iono|sphere}} iono- + -sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} ionosphere (plural ionospheres)
  1. The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more. Categories (topical): Atmosphere Translations (part of Earth's atmosphere): أَيْونْوسْفِير (ʔayōnosfīr) [masculine] (Arabic), ionosfera (Basque), йоносфе́ра (jonosféra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ionosfera [feminine] (Catalan), 電離層 (Chinese Mandarin), 电离层 (diànlícéng) (Chinese Mandarin), ionosféra [feminine] (Czech), ionosfære [common-gender] (Danish), ionosfeer [masculine] (Dutch), jonosfero (Esperanto), ionosfäär (Estonian), háhválv [neuter] (Faroese), jónhav [neuter] (Faroese), ionosfääri (Finnish), ionosphère (French), ionosfera [feminine] (Galician), იონოსფერო (ionospero) (Georgian), Ionosphäre [feminine] (German), ιονόσφαιρα (ionósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), יונוספירה (yonosfera) [feminine] (Hebrew), ionoszféra (Hungarian), ionosfer (Indonesian), ianaisféar [masculine] (Irish), ionosfera [feminine] (Italian), 電離層 (denrisō) (alt: でんりそう) (Japanese), 전리층 (jeollicheung) (alt: 電離層) (Korean), jonosfēra [feminine] (Latvian), jonosfera [feminine] (Lithuanian), јоносфе́ра (jonosféra) [feminine] (Macedonian), ionosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ionosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), یونسپهر (Persian), یونوسفر (Persian), jonosfera [feminine] (Polish), ionosfera [feminine] (Portuguese), ionosferă [feminine] (Romanian), ионосфе́ра (ionosféra) [feminine] (Russian), ионосфера [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ionosfera [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ionosféra [feminine] (Slovak), ionosfera [feminine] (Slovene), ionosfera [feminine] (Spanish), jonosfär [common-gender] (Swedish), kadagipikon (Tagalog), iyonosfer (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ionosphere-en-noun-bILhxqzJ Disambiguation of Atmosphere: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with iono-, English terms suffixed with -sphere, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iono-: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sphere: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of "part of Earth's atmosphere": 96 4
  2. The similar region of the atmosphere of another planet. Categories (topical): Atmosphere Translations (similar region): ionosfääri (Finnish), ionosphère (French), jonosfera [feminine] (Polish), ionosfera [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ionosphere-en-noun-gwSFjotk Disambiguation of Atmosphere: 50 50 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with iono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iono-: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'similar region': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ionospheric, ionospherically, ionospherist

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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "전리층"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jonosféra",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ionosfære"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "یونسپهر"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "jonosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionosferă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ionosféra",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ионосфе́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "ионосфера"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
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      "word": "jonosfär"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "kadagipikon"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "iyonosfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "similar region",
      "word": "ionosfääri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "similar region",
      "word": "ionosphère"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "similar region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "jonosfera"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "similar region",
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}

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