Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exoatmospheric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: exoat-mo-spher-ic
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere

adj

Abbreviation of exoplanetary atmospheric (“pertaining to the atmospheres of exoplanets”).

Etymology

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.

Derived Forms

exoatmospherically

Frequently Paired Words

exoatmosphere exosphere endoatmospheric extraterrestrial extrasolar

Questions

What does exoatmospheric mean?: Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere
Where does exoatmospheric come from?: 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.

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