MEANING
The parts of a planet or other environment occupied by living organisms, considered together.
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- planetary biosphere
- sealed biosphere
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The storm damaged the sealed biosphere.
The survey found life throughout the planet’s biosphere.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular biosphere; plural biospheres. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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