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adj
Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Abbreviation of exoplanetary atmospheric (“pertaining to the atmospheres of exoplanets”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- English atmospher(e) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atmospheric English exoatmospheric From exo- + atmospheric.
Blend of exoplanet + atmospheric.
