ignorosphere
English
editEtymology
editFrom ignore + -o- + -sphere.
- (meteorology): From being a little-studied and hard to access portion of Earth's atmosphere.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editignorosphere (uncountable)
- (meteorology) A vaguely-defined near space region of Earth's atmosphere, consisting of the mesosphere and sometimes the stratosphere or lower thermosphere.
- Coordinate terms: near space, MLT, low atmosphere, lower atmosphere, middle atmosphere, upper atmosphere, high atmosphere