troposphere

See also: troposphère

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

troposphere (plural tropospheres)

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.

Translations

lower levels of the atmosphere

• Armenian: ներքնոլորտ (hy) (nerkʻnolort)
• Basque: troposfera (eu)
• Burmese: ထရိုပိုစဖီးယား အလွှာ (hta.ruipuica.hpi:ya: a.hlwa)
• Catalan: troposfera (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏧᎶᎩᎸ (tsulogilv)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 對流層 / 对流层 (deoi³ lau⁴ cang⁴)

  Mandarin: 對流層 / 对流层 (zh) (duìliúcéng)

• Czech: troposféra (cs) f
• Danish: troposfære (da) c
• Dutch: troposfeer (nl) m or f
• Faroese: lághválv n
• Finnish: troposfääri (fi), alailmakehä (fi)
• French: troposphère (fr) f
• Galician: troposfera (gl) f
• Georgian: ტროპოსფერო (ṭroṗospero)
• German: Troposphäre (de) f
• Gujarati: અધોમંડળ (adhomaṇḍaḷ)
• Hawaiian: lewalanihaʻa
• Hindi: क्षोभमंडल (kṣobhmaṇḍal)
• Icelandic: veðrahvolf n
• Indonesian: troposfer (id)
• Italian: troposfera (it) f
• Japanese: 対流圏 (ja) (たいりゅうけん, tairyūken)
• Korean: 대류권(對流圈) (ko) (daeryugwon)
• Malagasy: sosom-pikoriana
• Malay: troposfera
• Malayalam: ഭൂസ്പർശമണ്ഡലം (bhūspaṟśamaṇḍalaṁ)
• Maori: kōhauhuri
• Marathi: तपांबर (tapāmbar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: troposfære m

  Nynorsk: troposfære m

• Polish: troposfera (pl) f
• Portuguese: troposfera f
• Romanian: troposferă (ro) f
• Russian: тропосфе́ра (ru) f (troposféra)
• Scottish Gaelic: tropospeur m
• Sinhalese: පරිවර්තී ගෝලය (pariwartī gōlaya)
• Slovak: troposféra f
• Spanish: troposfera f, tropósfera f
• Swahili: tabakatropo
• Swedish: troposfär (sv) c
• Tagalog: himpapawid
• Tamil: அடிவளிமண்டலம் (aṭivaḷimaṇṭalam)
• Telugu: స్థిరావరణము (sthirāvaraṇamu), చైతన్యావరణము (caitanyāvaraṇamu)
• Tibetan: འཐབ་རྒྱུག་རིམ། ('thab rgyug rim)
• Turkish: troposfer (tr)
• Vietnamese: tầng đối lưu
• Wolof: fatt-jawwu

Anagrams

• protosphere, pterophores