geospheren.
/ˈdʒiːə(ʊ)sfɪə/, U.S. /ˈdʒioʊˌsfɪ(ə)r/ A spherical region concentric with the earth and containing all or part of it; spec. the solid sphere bounded by the earth's crust, as contrasted with the atmosphere and the hydrosphere (cf. lithosphere n. at litho- comb. form ).
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1871 S. P. Andrews Primary Synopsis Universol. 105 The Incorporated Homogenismi of the cosmos have been recently discriminated with some accuracy..and have been furnished with a seriated list of names; Geosphere (earthy) Atmosphere (aerial), Thallatosphere (watery), etc.
1898 W. J. McGee in National Geographic Mag. 9 436 The atmosphere..is one of the geospheres, the outermost of the four.
1913 J. Murray Ocean x. 227 Geospheres, viz., the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, the biosphere, the tektosphere, and the great centrosphere.
1931 Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 39 604 There is a death, sleep, activity, sleep, death cycle on every scale for the Biosphere, for the Atmosphere, for the Geosphere and for the Phytosphere.
1980 New Scientist 24 July 297/3 The Earth becomes divided into its various shells of activity: the geosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere and the atmosphere.
2008 Ecologist July 14/2 Most of the geosphere, by contrast, has been privatised into separate plots owned by individual, corporations or governments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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