Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Beyond or outside of the atmosphere.
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Examples
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What hard information we have been able to assemble is taken wholly from long-range, extra-atmospheric study.
Quozl Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1989
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Are any extra-atmospheric, what kind of fuel do they utilize, what is their speed and range, and how are they armed?
Quozl Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1989
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Two sets of flexible wings folded tight against the fuselage for extra-atmospheric travel.
Quozl Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1989
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He showed that the absorption lines were present in undiminished force and number at this high altitude, thus placing their origin to extra-atmospheric causes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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This abrupt absorption was due to extra-atmospheric causes and perhaps to space.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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It is therefore now clearly proved that the aurora borealis is not an extra-atmospheric phenomenon.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various
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Aided by simultaneous observations from Lone Pine, at the foot of the Sierra, he was able to calculate the intensity belonging to each ray before entering the earth's gaseous envelope -- in other words, to construct an extra-atmospheric curve of energy in the spectrum.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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