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paleoatmosphere

noun

Etymology

From paleo- + atmosphere.

  1. derived from ἀτμός — “steam”
  2. derived from atmosphaera
  3. borrowed from atmosphère
  4. prefixed as paleoatmosphere — “paleo + atmosphere”

Definitions

  1. An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological…

    An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.

    • Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paleoatmosphere. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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