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troposphere

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒpəsfɪə/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtɹoʊpəsfɪɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈtɹɑ-/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: layer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French troposphère. Equivalent to tropo- + -sphere.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ներքնոլորտ (nerkʻnolort) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Basque: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Burmese: ထရိုပိုစဖီးယား အလွှာ (hta.ruipuica.hpi:ya: a.hlwa) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Catalan: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎶᎩᎸ (tsulogilv) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Chinese Cantonese: 對流層 /对流层 (deoi3 lau4 cang4) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對流層 /对流层 (duìliúcéng) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Czech: troposféra — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Danish: troposfære — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Dutch: troposfeer — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Faroese: lághválv — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Finnish: troposfääri — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Finnish: alailmakehä — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • French: troposphère — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Galician: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Georgian: ტროპოსფერო (ṭroṗospero) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • German: Troposphäre — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Gujarati: અધોમંડળ (adhomaṇḍaḷ) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Hawaiian: lewalanihaʻa — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Hindi: क्षोभमंडल (kṣobhmaṇḍal) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Icelandic: veðrahvolf — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Indonesian: troposfer — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Italian: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Japanese: 対流圏 (tairyūken) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Korean: 대류권 (daeryugwon) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Malagasy: sosom-pikoriana — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Malay: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Malayalam: ഭൂസ്പർശമണ്ഡലം (bhūspaṟśamaṇḍalaṁ) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Māori: kōhauhuri — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Marathi: तपांबर (tapāmbar) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: troposfære — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: troposfære — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Polish: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Portuguese: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Romanian: troposferă — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Russian: тропосфе́ра (troposféra) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Scottish Gaelic: tropospeur — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Sinhalese: පරිවර්තී ගෝලය (pariwartī gōlaya) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Slovak: troposféra — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Spanish: troposfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Spanish: tropósfera — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Swahili: tabakatropo — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Swedish: troposfär — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Tagalog: himpapawid — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Tamil: அடிவளிமண்டலம் (aṭivaḷimaṇṭalam) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Telugu: స్థిరావరణము (sthirāvaraṇamu) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Telugu: చైతన్యావరణము (caitanyāvaraṇamu) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Tibetan: འཐབ་རྒྱུག་རིམ། ('thab rgyug rim) — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Turkish: troposfer — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Vietnamese: tầng đối lưu — lower levels of the atmosphere
  • Wolof: fatt-jawwu — lower levels of the atmosphere