Biosphere

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  • noun. The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
  • noun. The living organisms and their environment composing the biosphere.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The sum of the living things on the earth considered as a stratum in contrast with the atmosphere and the lithosphere.
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  • noun. the part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life
  • noun. the totality of living organisms and their environment
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  • noun. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
    • Word Usage
    ""Bio" means life, and the term biosphere was first coined by a Russian scientist (Vladimir Vernadsky) in the 1920s."
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    part  region  
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    Earth  Gaea  Ge  Tellus  Terra  
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