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From ignore + -o- + -sphere. * (meteorology): From being a little-studied and hard to access portion of Earth's atmosphere.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A vaguely-defined near space region of Earth's atmosphere, consisting of the mesosphere and sometimes the stratosphere or lower thermosphere. Full definition →
From ignore + -o- + -sphere. * (meteorology): From being a little-studied and hard to access portion of Earth's atmosphere.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.