upper air

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. the atmosphere above the lower portion of the troposphere.

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Etymology

Origin of upper air

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

He felt as light as a hawk coasting the upper air over the oasis.

From Literature

They swam along, Merlyn occasionally advising him to put his back into it when he forgot and the strange underwater world began to dawn about them, deliciously cool after the heat of the upper air.

From Literature

She could feel him and almost see him bucking around the room in the upper air.

From Literature

Mary Poppins was in the upper air now, floating away over the cherry-trees and the roofs of the houses, holding tightly to the umbrella with one hand and to the carpet bag with the other.

From Literature

Smokes were pouring from it, and while those that rose into the upper air trailed away eastward, great rolling clouds floated down its sides and spread over the land.

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