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1Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth: ionosphere...
- Sorghum, which originated in Africa, is an important grain in much of the eastern hemisphere.
- Over one-fourth of middle school students believe harvesting trees will deplete oxygen in the atmosphere.
- With surface application, however, much of the ammonia will be lost to the atmosphere.
2Denoting an area of activity, section of society, etc. distinguished by a particular characteristic: blogosphere...
- Architecture didn't make his list (neither did the blogosphere) but the notion implemented in our field is worth a thought, or a thesis.
- The exploration is part of a larger cross-cultural project on the conditions for the recharging of the human sensorium within the technosphere which we now inhabit.
- It's a tried-and-true practice in the mediasphere, and I don't want to give the impression that it's a cheat—it works, after all.
Origin
From sphere, on the pattern of (atmo)sphere.
- mentalization
- mentalize
- mentally
- mentally defective
- mentally deficient
- mentally handicapped
- mental note
- mental patient
- mental reservation
- mental set
- mental test
- mental tester
- mental testing
- mentation
- mentee
- Mentha
- menthane
- menthene
- menthol
- mentholated
- Mentholatum
- menthol cigarette
- menthone
- menthyl
- menticide