aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd 
1
: located or occurring on or above the surface of the ground
2
: existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment
aboveground movies
aboveground
adverb
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Advertisement The man then pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her across the concrete freeway divider and onto the 210 Freeway, which runs parallel to the aboveground Metro platform, the reports said.
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Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
This heat is what makes underground subway systems so hot in summer; in addition, trains that pass from aboveground tracks into tunnels push hot air in front of them, further warming the system.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
An aboveground pipeline travels a distance of 15 miles to dispatch the nuclear powered steam.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2024
Because of bans on aboveground nuclear testing, the traditional method of figuring out how nuclear bombs work—namely, blowing them up—isn't feasible anymore.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
This heat is what makes underground subway systems so hot in summer; in addition, trains that pass from aboveground tracks into tunnels push hot air in front of them, further warming the system.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
An aboveground pipeline travels a distance of 15 miles to dispatch the nuclear powered steam.
—Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2024
Because of bans on aboveground nuclear testing, the traditional method of figuring out how nuclear bombs work—namely, blowing them up—isn't feasible anymore.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd
: located or happening on or above the surface of the ground
an aboveground swimming pool
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