How to pronounce ionosphere
American English pronunciation
eye-AH-nuh-sfeer
- IPA
- /aɪˈɑnəˌsfɪɹ/
- Syllables
- eye · AH · nuh · sfeer (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What ionosphere means
A high layer of charged air that bounces radio waves
In a sentence: Radio signals can bounce off the ionosphere and reach towns far across the sea.
Where it comes from: It is made from iono-, from ion, a tiny bit of matter with an electric charge, and sphere.
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