Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The region of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.
- n. An extremely high or the highest point or degree on a ranked scale: business expenses in the stratosphere.
Wiktionary
- n. geology, obsolete Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
- n. meteorology The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
Etymologies
- strat(um) + -o- + sphere (Wiktionary)
- French stratosphère : Latin strātus, a spreading out; see stratus + -sphère, sphere (from Old French espere; see sphere). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This year, the temperature in the stratosphere is a little less cold than in 2006.”
“These nitrogen oxides are formed in the stratosphere from the decomposition of nitrous oxide”
“The purpose in flying in the stratosphere is not primarily to get as far away from the earth as one can.”
“Separating the mesosphere from the stratosphere is a transition zone called the stratopause.”
“Indeed, recent observational findings confirm that “the stratosphere is a major player in determining the memory of the climate system” [36].”
“Specifically, she has conducted numerous investigations of photochemistry and of transport processes in the upper atmosphere (that is, the stratosphere and troposphere).”
“The stratosphere is the next major atmospheric layer.”
“If, he can find a vehicle like – “The Tin Cup” or “No Way Out” – to skyrocket his career back into the stratosphere, that is.”
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“As I recall the stratosphere measurements show cooling and that in direction at least is in agreement with the climate models.”
“The next layer, above the stratosphere is the mesosphere, which is colder than the stratosphere, then we could think that the heat pipe system restarted there; however, the gaseous mass in the mesosphere is lower than the gaseous mass of the stratosphere, so we cannot infer a restoration of the heat pipe system in the mesosphere.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stratosphere’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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*e?e
Words whose last and third-to-last letters are both "e".
here, eke, were, complete, mete, replete, adhere, where, mere, sphere, austere, aesthete and 99 more...
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AGRI - sustainable agriculture
abiota, aborigines, absorptive capacity, acceptable daily ..., acclimation, acid precipitation, acquired by weeds..., active solar heating, acute, adaptation, additives, aerosol and 447 more...
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Nature and Environment
north, east, west, mountain, sea, beach, river, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, island and 205 more...
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WOOZ
Words contained in the screenplay of Wizard of Oz, 1939 film.
Comments show the actual "line" from the film.
The words are tagged for grade-levelpusillanimous, genuflect, cataclysmic, vernacular, peasantry, aver, caliginous, tedious, advent, careworn, bovine, commodity and 34 more...
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Skunk Works
Words associated with the legendary 'Skunk Works' Advanced Development Program at Lockheed Martin.
( open list, randomness )transonic, supersonic, hypersonic, x-plane, stratosphere, supercruise, thrust, liftoff, mach, stealth, afterburn, classified and 9 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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strati-, strat-
of or relating to layers or strata
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-sphere, spherico-, sphero-
sphere
stratosphere, sphericocylindrical, spherocyte, spherical, sphere
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Sugarbuzz's Words
buzz, widget, haiku, manifesto, warble, supernova, attenuate, mania, diabolical, behemoth, beguile, lascivious and 106 more...
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vorpal's Words
parabiosis, penumbra, defenestrate, portmanteau, sturm und drang, perspicacious, quixotic, copacetic, obfuscate, inveigle, shadenfreude, cloister and 349 more...
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kmalladi's favorites
edification, penchant, ablution, extricate, frank, triumvirate, trifecta, egregious, hoi polloi, articulate, antediluvian, brusque and 291 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2008 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for stratosphere.
dbekeny WIZARD
Good people of Oz, this is positively the
finest exhibition ever to be shown --
(stammers)
-- yes -- well -- be that as it may -- I,
your Wizard par ardua ad alta, am about to
embark upon a hazardous and technically
unexplainable journey into the outer
stratosphere.
Jun 11, 2010