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How to pronounce troposphere

American English pronunciation

TROH-puh-sfeer

IPA
/ˈtɹoʊpəsfɪɹ/
Syllables
TROH · puh · sfeer (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
Also said
TRAH-puh-sfeer

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What troposphere means

noun

The lowest layer of air around Earth, where weather happens

In a sentence: Almost every cloud you see floats in the troposphere, close to the ground.

Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, made of tropo-, from a Greek word for turning, and sphere.

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