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Inhabitable and habitable both mean “capable of being lived in” and, usually, by humans. An unheated stable can be lived in by horses but would not be suitable for people.

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Something or someone that influences a person or thing, then, has an influence on that person or thing.

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a cloudy appearance in a transparent liquid or solid also : a dullness of finish as on furniture something suggesting atmospheric haze especially : vagueness of mind or mental perception. haze.

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The stratosphere strato- simply means “layer” or “level lies above the earth’s weather and mostly changes very little. It contains the ozone layer, which shields us from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation except where it’s been harmed by manmade chemicals.

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the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth. 2 The gas surrounding a heavenly body as a planet The atmosphere of Mars is made up mostly of carbon dioxide. 3 the air in a particular place. 4 a surrounding influence or set of conditions and an atmosphere of excitement.

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the vertical elevation of an object above a surface such as sea level or land to a planet or natural satellite. the angular elevation of a celestial object above the horizon.

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the meaning of density
a measure of the amount of information on a storage medium (tape or disk For magnetic tape it is the amount of information recorded per unit length of tape bits per inch or millimeter for a disk, a fixed number of bits per sector, sectors per track, and tracks per disk.
noun: packing density; plural noun: packing densities

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the meaning of Troposphere”

Closest to the surface of Earth, we have the troposphere. “Troposphere” means change. This layer gets its name from the weather that is constantly changing and mixing up the gases in this part of our atmosphere.

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the meaning of Stratosphere.
The mesosphere is a layer of Earth’s atmosphere. The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere. It extends from about 50 to 85 km 31 to 53 milesabove our planet. Temperature decreases with height throughout the mesosphere.

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the meaning of Exosphere,
the outer fringe region of the atmosphere of the earth or a celestial body such as a planet.

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the meaning of Temperature,

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